Author:William George Aston

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William George Aston (1841–1911)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. British consular official in Japan and Korea.

Works

• A History of Japanese Literature (1899)
• Seventeen-article constitution as translator
• In Praise of Japan (No. 2 from Man'yōshū, the poem is attributed to Emperor Jomei)

From Arakida Moritake

• Thought I, the fallen flowers

From Nishiyama Sōin

• 'Tis the cuckoo

From Matsuo Basho

• A cloud of flowers
• Ah! the waving lespedeza
• An ancient pond
• I come weary
• Of Miidera
• On a whithered branch
• The cry of the cicada
• 'Tis the first snow

Works about Aston

• “Aston, William George,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Aston, William George,” in Dictionary of National Biography Second Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1912) in 3 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.