Spring 2004

Manifesto of the Japanese Futurist Movement

In Japanese and English

Hirato Renkichi

The first English translation of the 1921 Manifesto of the Japanese Futurist Movement. The original precedes the translation below.

Japanese original from 1921
English translation by Miryam Sas.

See translator Miryam Sas on scents and Futurism ­here.

Download a hi-res pdf version of the translation ­here.

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