Before the Dawn"Although Before the Dawn is the story of the author’s family and of the Meiji restoration, it is much more than that; the aftermath of the events that form its context have fundamentally altered the nature of the world we live in. Its author was a man of sophistication and erudition even though he was not given to virtuoso displays of either quality. He created this novel out of his personal and artistic needs, and out of his sense of the need of Japan and the world community to know the story he tells in it. Japan has been richly served by the original. But Toson had a worldwide as well as a Japanese audience in mind when he wrote Before the Dawn. This translation has been done in the hope of contributing to that undertaking. |
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... honjin , they first reported the results of the journey to Kimbei . One day as Kichizaemon and Kimbei discussed the construction of a stage that was to be ready in time for the autumn festival , their conversation . turned to the young ...
... honjin in Tsu- mago , where they were to spend the first night of the journey . Whenever he saw Juheiji , Hanzo was amazed that one so young could carry out the duties of the three offices of honjin , toiya , and headman . In Juheiji's ...
... honjin . With a little time before the evening meal , Otami walked through the rooms of the honjin with her brother . It too had an entrance hall and a chamber of honor , two things that were to be seen only in a honjin until the ...