| — + | Ath. 1905, 1: 396. Ap. 1. 870w. |
“The present work is simpler and more concrete than ‘The ideals of the East;’ in its purely literary qualities it would do credit to an author writing his own tongue. Now that Lafcadio Hearn is dead, Mr. Okakura may be regarded as the foremost interpreter of his people to the western world; an interpreter not less subtle, and obviously more authoritative.” R. B.
| + + + | Critic. 46: 282. Mr. ‘05. 530w. |
“‘The awakening of Japan’ is marked by the same epigrammatic style and forceful utterance that characterize ‘The ideals of the East.’” Frederick W. Gookin.
| + + | Dial. 38: 40. Ja. 16, ‘05. 810w. |
“It is a story of the new Nippon after the brilliant and unscholarly fashion of Carlyle.” Adachi Kinnosuké.
| + | Ind. 59: 388. Ag. 17, ‘05. 500w. |
“One of the best volumes, in brief compass, on Japanese historical development, and answering the question, What has enabled the Japanese people to escape the fate of the other Asiatic nations when in contact with the West? is ‘The awakening of Japan.’ He writes in English with a broad culture.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 124. Ja. ‘05. 170w. |
“No more fascinating book on Japan, or one bearing more distinctly the character of a multum in parvo, has been produced than this.”