The book tells about the trip of K. D. Balmont, the “poet-traveler,” to the Land of the Rising Sun in May 1916. A two-week stay in Japan deeply struck the poet’s imagination: he created several “Japanese” poems, wrote essays and essays about what he saw, and translated Japanese poets - classics and contemporaries. In Japan itself, Balmont's visit caused a wave of interest in his poetry and Russian literature in general. The authors of the book, famous philologists Konstantin Azadovsky and Elena Dyakonova, describe Balmont’s journey against the broad background of Russian-Japanese cultural rapprochement in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. Particular attention is paid to the so-called "Japanism" - one of the brightest artistic phenomena of European culture, which affected many Russian writers and artists of the Silver Age. The book discusses the journey taken in May 1916 by the “travelling poet” K. D. Balmont to the land of the “Rising Sun”. His two weeks’ stay in Japan had left a deep impact on the poet’s imagination: as a result he created a number of “Japanese” poems, wrote essays about his impressions, and translated verses by both classic and contemporary Japanese poets into Russian. In Japan, his visit aroused a surge of interest in his work and in Russian literature in general. The book’s authors, the noted philologists Constantin Azadovsky and Elena Diakonova, describe Balmont’s trip as an important episode in the Russo-Japanese cultural rapprochement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Special attention is paid to the so-called “Japonism” – a major trend of European culture of the time that exerted influence on many Russian writers and artists of the Silver Age.