Yei Theodora Ozaki

Yei Theodora Ozaki (英子セオドラ尾崎, Eiko Seodora Ozaki, 1871 – December 28, 1932) was an early 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. Her translations were fairly liberal but have been popular, and were reprinted several times after her death.

Yei Theodora Ozaki
Yei Ozaki on the Right
Born(1871-01-01)1 January 1871
Died28 December 1932(1932-12-28) (aged 61)
OccupationWriter
Known forChildren's Fairytales
Spouse(s)
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m. 1904)

According to "A Biographical Sketch" by Mrs. Hugh Fraser, included in the introductory material to Warriors of old Japan, and other stories, Ozaki came from an unusual background. She was the daughter of Baron Saburō Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West, and Bathia Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison, one of their teachers. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and her mother retained custody of their three daughters until they became teenagers. At that time, Yei was sent to live in Japan with her father, a time which she enjoyed. Later she refused an arranged marriage, left her father's house, and became a teacher and secretary to earn money. Over the years, she traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe, as her employment and family duties took her, and lived in places as diverse as Italy and the drafty upper floor of a Buddhist temple.

All this time, her letters were frequently misdelivered to the unrelated Japanese politician Yukio Ozaki, and his to her. In 1904, they finally met, and soon married.

Works
  • Japanese Fairy Tales (1908), aka The Japanese Fairy Book (1903)[1]'
  • Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories
  • Romances of Old Japan
  • Buddha's Crystal and Other Fairy Stories
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References
  1. https://archive.org/details/japanesefairyboo00oza
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