Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

Lafcadio Hearn
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A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible personages, the actors and the scenery being only luminous shadows. Wherefore it is peculiarly well suited to goblinries and weirdnessess of all kinds; and plays in which ghosts figure are the favourite subject. -from "Of Ghosts and Goblins" In 1889, Westerner Lafcadio Hearn arrived in Japan on a journalistic assignment, and he fell so in love with the nation and its people that he never left. In 1894, just as Japan was truly opening to the West and global interest in Japanese culture was burgeoning, Hearn published this delightful series of essays glorifying what he called the "rare charm of Japanese life." Beautifully written and a joy to read, Hearn's love letters to the land of the rising sun enchant with their sweetly lyrical descriptions of winter street fairs, puppet theaters, religious statuaries, even the Japanese smile and its particular allure. A wonderful journal of immersion on a foreign land, this will bewitch Japanophiles and travelers to the East.
87
30 hours
parts
A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible personages, the actors and the scenery being only luminous shadows. Wherefore it is peculiarly well suited to goblinries and weirdnessess of all kinds; and plays in which ghosts figure are the favourite subject. -from "Of Ghosts and Goblins" In 1889, Westerner Lafcadio Hearn arrived in Japan on a journalistic assignment, and he fell so in love with the nation and its people that he never left. In 1894, just as Japan was truly opening to the West and global interest in Japanese culture was burgeoning, Hearn published this delightful series of essays glorifying what he called the "rare charm of Japanese life." Beautifully written and a joy to read, Hearn's love letters to the land of the rising sun enchant with their sweetly lyrical descriptions of winter street fairs, puppet theaters, religious statuaries, even the Japanese smile and its particular allure. A wonderful journal of immersion on a foreign land, this will bewitch Japanophiles and travelers to the East.

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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 4 A Pilgrimage to Enoshima
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 5 At the Market of the Dead
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 6 Bon-odori
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 7 The Chief City of the Province of the Gods
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 8 Kitzuki: The Most Ancient Shrine of Japan
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 9 In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 10 At Mionoseki
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 11 Notes on Kitzuki
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 12 At Hinomisaki
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 13 Shinju
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 14 Yaegaki-jinja
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 15 Kitsune
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 2 The Household Shrine
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 3 Of Women's Hair
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 4 From the Diary of an English Teacher
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 5 Two Strange Festivals
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 6 By the Japanese Sea
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 7 Of a Dancing-Girl
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 8 From Hoki to Oki
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 9 Of Souls
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 10 Of Ghosts and Goblins
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 11 The Japanese Smile
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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan-Chapter 12 Sayonara!
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