By the Waters of Babylon | By the Waters of Babylon

This book was originally published in Japanese by Chikuma Shobō Inc. of Tokyo Japan with editorial offices at 2–5–3 Kuramae Taitō-ku, Tokyo Japan

Number 224 in the Cornell East Asia Series

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First published 2025 by Cornell University Press
Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mori, Arimasa, 1911–1976, author. | Rimer, J. Thomas, translator. | Yusa, Michiko, writer of supplementary textual content.

Title: By the waters of Babylon / Mori Arimasa ; translated by J. Thomas Rimer ; with an essay by Michiko Yusa.

Other titles: Babiron no nagare no hotori ni te. English

Description: Ithaca : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2025. | Series: Cornell East Asia series ; 224 | Originally published in Japanese under title: Babiron no nagare no hotori ni te. | Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: LCSH: Mori, Arimasa, 1911–1976—Travel—France. | Japanese—France—Biography. | France—Description and travel. | France—Intellectual life. | Europe—Civilization.

Classification: LCC DC29 M6713 2025 (print) | LCC DC29 (ebook) | DDC 944.08/004956092 [B]—dc23/eng/20241024

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024023470

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024023471

Cover: Henri Matisse, Notre-Dame de Paris, 1914. Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Solothurn.

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