The Complete Works of Kencho Suematsu Viscount Suematsu Kencho was a Japanese politician, intellectual and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taisho periods. Apart from his activity in the Japanese government, he also wrote several important works on Japan in English. He was portrayed in a negative manner in Ryotaro Shiba's novel Saka no ue no kumo. This collection includes the following: A FANTASY OF FAR JAPAN