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Japanese peasant songs / compiled and annotated by John F. Embree, with the assistance of Ella Embree and Yukuo Uyehara

Catalog Data

Author:
Embree, John F (John Fee) 1908-1950  Search this
Embree, Ella  Search this
Uyehara, Yukuo  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 96 p. plates. 24 cm
Type:
Translations into English
Date:
1944
Notes:
RECON
Without music.
"The present collection of songs from the single county of Kuma in Kyûshû consists of over a hundred texts transcribed in the village of Suye ... The Japanese text ... is given in the local dialect, romanization following the traditional Hepburn system ... Most of the texts were transcribed by Ella Embree ... The final [English] translations were worked out ... with the assistance of Professor Yukuo Uyehara."--p. 10-11.
Topic:
Folk songs, Japanese  Search this
Japanese poetry  Search this
English poetry--Translations from Japanese  Search this
Call number:
895.61 .E5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_859419