Summer Night

Please look at the fantastic historical photo of old Tokyo city. Blue black sky with summer Galaxy. Above photo was shot on Wednesday on September 11, 1940. Hoei Nojiri was teaching the literature in Waseda University of Tokyo. Students gathered to observe the star in the garden of Nojiri's house. A man who is playing a mandolin is Yoshi Nagai of a minstrel. He was called the poet of the big sky.

The Nikon Kenkyukai obtained the permission of publishing the photo from the bereaved family in Hoei Nojiri by negotiating on Kodama-san. Therefore, it is prohibited to reprint or reuse this photo.

Brochure of the Nippon Kogaku Telescope, 1925

The same photo on the YU magazine 1977

Hoei Nojiri's Book, Left is 1952 and right is 1948
Mitsuyoshi Kodama's Hoei Nojiri book collection

Hoei Nojiri and his telescope LONG TOM, 1940
Photo: Copyright (c) 2006, Hoei Nojiri, Japan, All Rights Reserved

The story of Yoshi Nagai's own life

Spring 2019

A wonderful book was published by CHUOKORON-SHINSHA, INC. in the spring of 2019. That famous historical photograph was used on the cover of the book.

The story of Hoei Nojiri

The Yoshi Nagai Autobiography

I've been searching for a long time and got the vintage books from a famous antiquarian bookshop. They are one of the few beautiful books printed by mimeographs.

The Yoshi Nagai Autobiography

The Yoshi Nagai Autobiography No. 1 - No. 4

The Yoshi Nagai Autobiography

No. 1   Published October 19, 1965    List price  110,000 YEN    550 Pages
No. 2   Published October 19, 1967    List price  120,000 YEN    672 Pages
No. 3   Published May 19, 1969     List price  130,000 YEN    576 Pages
No. 4   Published June 19, 1970    List price  140,000 YEN    512 Pages

The imprint of the book shows the list price, but it is not for sale. These were not sold at bookstores but were probably distributed to the supporters of the poet Yoshi Nagai.

Beautiful Autobiography

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