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THE NŌ PLAYS OF JAPAN
TRANSLATIONS BY ARTHUR WALEY
A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems
“No better translations have appeared of Chinese poetry. He has given the real feeling of Chinese poetry, its clarity, its suggestion, its perfect humanity.”
—Amy Lowell.
“A magnificent volume.”
—James L. Ford, New York Herald.