Journey through the Beautiful Writings of Eastern Japan---Sketches of Chikugo River

Author: Torii Kitaro
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: A Journey Through the Beauty of Japan. Sketches from Chikumigawa is a work by Torii written from April 1899 to 1905 while teaching at the Koshu Gijuku. It marks his transition from poetry to prose. According to Torii's chronology, he began writing Sketches while publishing The Clouds in 1900. The Clouds was written in classical Chinese, while Sketches was his first attempt at writing in colloquial language. He imitated the method of John Ruskin's Modern Painters, adopting the attitude of an artist sketching to meticulously observe the nature and life of the mountainous region and accurately depict