His translation of The Pillow Book Sei Shonagon was probably his most significant translation from Classical Japanese, and his The World of the Shining Prince, a description of the Heian court culture at the time of The Tale of Genji, is probably his most important single scholarly work.
Morris' book The Nobility of Failure is dedicated to Mishima's memory.
He personally knew writer Yukio Mishima and translated some of his writings. Morris wrote widely on modern and ancient Japan and translated numerous classical and modern literary works. Navy, Morris was one of the first interpreters sent into Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb. He graduated with magna cum laude at Harvard University and received a doctorate at the SOAS University of London, specializing in Oriental languages. He studied at Gordonstoun, before graduating from Phillips Academy. Ivan Morris was born in London, of mixed American and Swedish parentage to Edita Morris ( née Toll) and Ira Victor Morris (son of diplomat Ira Nelson Morris and grandson of meat-packer Nelson Morris). Ivan Ira Esme Morris (29 November 1925 – 19 July 1976) was an English writer, translator and editor in the field of Japanese studies. Victor Henry Rothschild (great-grandfather)
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