Writings and Research, 1927-1960s

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Manuscript drafts, notes, and notebooks for published and unpublished works by Blyth. Arranged alphabetically by subject. Many of the files relate to his books on Japanese poetry, humor, and Zen, as well as to his works about British and American literature. Some materials are written in Japanese. Of note, there are 20 folders of notebooks about senryū poetry, which are written in Japanese and translated into English with explication. It appears that there were a few contributors to the notebooks other than Blyth; these included Toshiko Chiba and Laura Rill. Blyth mentions Toshiko Chiba in the prefaces to several of his books. There are also some haiku translations by Akiko Kobayashi. Other files relate to unpublished works and to research interests about animism, culture and mysticism, the British poet John Clare, language, love, and satanism. Almost none of the files have dates, but the majority were likely created between 1948 and 1964.

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