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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kikama, Edward Y.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1967, 1971

Volume: 20 item(s); 22 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Edward Kikama asks Merton in 1963 permission to translate The Sign of Jonas into Japanese. Merton grants him permission to translate a number of works into Japanese. They primarily discuss the translations, but they also discuss the meeting of Eastern and Western religion and culture in the Japan of the day and lament the Vietnam War.

Biography

Edward Kikama writes from Japan.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1963/02/27 TLSfrom MertonI have delayed a little in answering your good letter because there is a little confusion about   
 1965/02/24 TLSto MertonI wrote to you just two years ago, asking the right to translate <u>Sign of Jonas</u> into Japanese.   
 1965/03/10 (#01)TLSfrom MertonIt was a pleasure to hear from you, and I am delighted that you have translated <u>Seeds of</u>   
 1965/03/10 (#02)TL[c]from MertonIt was a pleasure to hear from you, and I am delighted that you have translated <u>Seeds of</u>   
 1965/03/25 TLSto MertonMany thanks for your kind letter. I have delayed a little in writing a letter because I took a cold   
 1965/05/06 TLto MertonThank you so much for the book "Seeds of Destruction" you have sent me. It is much more than   
 1965/05/22 (#01)TLSfrom MertonToday the book of Fr Piovesana arrived and I am deeply grateful to you for your thoughtfulness   
 1965/05/22 (#02)TL[c]from MertonToday the book of Fr Piovesana arrived and I am deeply grateful to you for your thoughtfulness   
 1965/06/03 TLto MertonThank you very much for your kind letter. I'm very happy to read that the book is of great use,   
 1966/02/10 TLSto MertonI am happy to say that I have finished the translation of THOUGHTS IN SOLITUDE. The copy of the   
 1966/03/18 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThanks for your good letter. I am happy to hear that you have finished your translation of THOUGHTS   
 1966/03/18 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks for your good letter. I am happy to hear that you have finished your translation of THOUGHTS   
 1966/11/10 TLto MertonI beg you will accept "Spiritual Consciousness in Zen from a Thomistic Theological Point of View   
 1966/12/18 (#01)TLSfrom MertonThe book of Father Kishi on Zen and St Thomas has arrived and I am reading it not only with interest   
 1966/12/18 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThe book of Father Kishi on Zen and St Thomas has arrived and I am reading it not only with interest   
 1967/09/08 TLSto MertonI have translated your book "The New Man" into Japanese. Veritas-Shoin in Kyoto will publish it.   
 1967/10/13 (#01)TLSfrom MertonIt is about a month since I received your letter about the Japanese translation of the NEW MAN   
 1967/10/13 (#02)TL[c]from MertonIt is about a month since I received your letter about the Japanese translation of the NEW MAN   
 1971/03/22 TL[c]from Center to Kikama, EdwardThank you for your letter of March 5 concerning the Thomas Merton Studies Center. I will not be   
 1971/05/05 TLS[x]to Center from Kikama, EdwardI have received you letter. I am very pleased to read that Thomas Merton Studies Center is being   
        

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