[EzraPound]CertainNoblePlaysofJapan.doc

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Certain Noble Plays of Japan, by Ezra Pound Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print, and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Title: Certain Noble Plays of Japan Author: Ezra Pound Release Date: May, 2005 [EBook #8094] [This file was first posted on June 14, 2003] Edition: 10 Language: English Character set encoding: US-ASCII *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, CERTAIN NOBLE PLAYS OF JAPAN *** Etext prepared by David Starner, Marlo Dianne, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team CERTAIN NOBLE PLAYS OF JAPAN: FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ERNEST FENOLLOSA, CHOSEN AND FINISHED BY EZRA POUND, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS INTRODUCTION I In the series of books I edit for my sister I confine myself to those that have I believe some special value to Ireland, now or in the future. I have asked Mr. Pound for these beautiful plays because I think they will help me to explain a certain possibility of the Irish dramatic movement. I am writing these words with my imagination stirred by a visit to the studio of Mr. Dulac, the distinguished illustrator of the Arabian Nights. I saw there the mask and head-dress to be worn in a play of