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Copyright 1955 by Donald Keene
Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 55-6276
No part of this book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, including any method of photographic reproduction, without the permission of the publisher.
First Grove Press Edition 1955
Thirteenth printing
Japanese Literature is published in Great Britain by
John Murray in The Wisdom of the East Series.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA