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"Yone Noguchi was an influential Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. Critical evaluations of Noguchi, while varying drastically, have frequently stressed the enigmatic character of his work. Arthur Symons referred to him as a "scarcely to be apprehended personality." Arthur Ransome called him "a poet whose poems are so separate that a hundred of them do not suffice for his expression." Ezra Pound, on first reading The Pilgrimage in 1911 wrote that "His poems seem to be rather beautiful. I don't quite know what to think about them." ...

This is the story of Morning Glory’s turn of the century kenbutsu—her travels to America. Guided by her uncle, a Harvard graduate, Morning Glory travels at a time when most Americans know little or nothing about Japan, aside from the popular tunes of The Mikado (1885) and The Geisha (1896)...

Embark on a transcontinental journey through the eyes of Morning Glory, a young Japanese woman experiencing the vastness of America for the first time. Published first in installments and then in a complete volume, this fictional diary chronicles Morning Glorys adventures, observations, and preparations as she travels with her affluent uncle, a successful mining executive.