Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi," which Keene later trans･･･ ...

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(Mainichi/Tadahiko Mori) It was in the late spring of 1955 that Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene first traveled to northeastern Japan's Tohoku region to follow the steps of Edo period poet ...

It was in the late spring of 1955 that Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene first traveled to northeastern Japan's Tohoku region to follow the ste･･･ ...

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Tian Han and Nie, who joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1932 and 1933, respectively, devoted themselves wholeheartedly to anti-Japanese literary and artistic campaigns led by the CPC.