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The paper deals with the antecedents of Japanese translations of Dezső Kosztolányi. The first Japanese poem was published in 1832 on the basis of a Dutch source. In the nineteenth century, Japanese literary works came to the attention of more than one language in other European countries. The study collects the Hungarian antecedents, and the presentation of parallel translations points out the background of Kosztolány's poems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]