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"Ghostly" was Lafcadio Hearn's favorite descriptive word but he also liked to use such words as "ghoulish," "bizarre," "weird," "hideous," and "monstrous." All those words apply here in The Annotated In Ghostly Japan. Whether you like your spirits living or dead, you are bound to find some chills here as Hearn presents us with a collection, a sketchbook if you will, of twelve stories and essays. How about a tale of a young Buddhist pilgrim as he ascends a mountain of human skulls? Or the spirit of a dead girl who comes back to claim her samurai lover - forever - and takes him back with her to the underworld. Or perhaps you would prefer a grasping hand that even though dead will not let go of what it holds? As a temporary relief from these frights, Hearn offers us a respite in the form of some wonderful bits of Japanese poetry and one hundred Japanese proverbs, some of which themselves are a bit "ghostly" if not delightfully sensitive, educational, and intellectually stimulating - even funny. Or perhaps you would find a visit to an incense party more to your liking? Detailed with profuse notes and colorfully illustrated by author and Japan scholar Hayato Tokugawa, you will find this some of the absolute best of Japan's chief storyteller and sensei on Japanese culture to the West, Lafcadio Hearn.

1921. A collection of writings by the author Hearn, also known as Koizumi Yakumo, after gaining Japanese citizenship, who was best known for his books about Japan. Contents: Karma; A Ghost; The First Muezzin; China and the Western World; Chin-Chin Kobakama; The Goblin Spider; The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling; and The Boy Who Drew Cats. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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In the Introduction to his charming Tales of Old Japan, Mr. Mitford wrote in 1871: 'The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all these are as yet mysteries.' This invisible life referred to by Mr. Mitford is the Unfamiliar Japan of which I have been able to obtain a few glimpses. The reader may, perhaps, be disappointed by their rarity; for a residence of little more than four years among the people-even by one who tries to adopt their habits and customs-scarcely suffices to enable the foreigner to begin to feel at home in this world of strangeness. None can feel more than the author himself how little has been accomplished in these volumes, and how much remains to do.

A thousand books have been written about Japan; but among these, -setting aside artistic publications and works of a purely special character, -the really precious volumes will be found to number scarcely a score. This fact is due to the immense difficulty of perceiving and comprehending what underlies the surface of Japanese lif

In The Annotated Out of the East by Lafcadio Hearn, the former bohemian author and now family man has taken up a new teaching position and has left the comforts of the City of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture; a place he found to be far more severe and less good-natured, famous (or perhaps infamous) for its "Kyushu spirit" and its "Kyushu tone." Yet, even in an environment he regarded as dissatisfactory, he was able to find that the reserved young men he taught were capable of wonderful, even beautiful thoughts, which he takes the time to share with us. He also takes time out from his teaching responsibilities at the Higher Middle School to tell us three wonderful Japanese "fairy tales," and to muse on the origins of man and his future evolution, as well as some of the intricacies of Japanese Buddhism and Shinto; the workings of the Japanese family, and the differences between East and West when it comes to unheard of local customs, art, and even femininity and love itself. True to the style of Lafcadio Hearn, there are ghostly stores of unrequited love and revenge worthy of Kabuki plays and an encounter with one of Hearn's students from his Matsue days that takes a tragic turn. He also makes some startling predictions about the rise of Japan and its place in the world - predictions that are relevant even today, and concludes with the heart rending story of a young girl who sought to make up for the perceived sins of a nation in a very personal way. Although not the "new and shiny" impressions he expressed in Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, one can feel and appreciate Hearn's love of the nation and its people and share in his concern for his new home. It's some of the best of Lafcadio Hearn.

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Kwaidan (meaning "ghost stories" is a fitting title for this collection of "stories and studies of strange things" originally published in 1904 just months before the author's death, and arguably Lafcadio Hearn's most famous book - and justifiably so. Shisei-Do Publications is proud to offer this new, augmented presentation of Kwaidan, edited and profusely illustrated by Japan scholar Hayato Tokugawa, which contains seventeen Japanese stories from the Reikai or "world of ghosts and spirits." Actually one, "Himawari," is a personal recollection of Hearn's childhood set in Wales; while another, "Riki-Baka," is a personal experience of the author's in Tokyo. Many of these stories are based on old Japanese legends told to him by his wife Setsuko, while others have a Chinese origin - all wonderfully transformed into Hearn's own unique style. He concludes this volume with three essays on unique members of the insect world - butterflies, mosquitoes, and the "civilization" of ants - which are far more metaphysical than entomological. Earlier in his career, the author spoke of pledging himself to "woo the Muse of the Odd" and to "worship the odd, the queer, the strange, and the monstrous." If that was truly the case, then he exceeded even his own expectations, giving us some of the very best of Lafcadio Hearn.

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Gleanings in Buddha-Fields is a collection of writings on Asian topics by Lafcadio Hearn.

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Excerpt from Two Years in the French West Indies Some of the literary results of that sojourn form the bulk of the present volume. Several, or portions of several, papers have been published in harper's mag azin_e; but the majority of the sketches now appear in print for.the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a bewitching look into a world that few Westerners saw in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-a world that still endures in many ways in spite of the changes that have taken place during the modernization of Japan. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1885 Edition. A Collection Of Culinary Recipes From Leading Chefs And Noted Creole Housewives, Who Have Made New Orleans Famous For Its Cuisine.

The Romance of the milky way and other studies & stories

Lafkadio Hern je isto onoliko japanski kao sto je haiku poezija, cesto kazu poznavaoci. Rodjen u Grckoj, odrastao u Irskoj, sazreo kao novinar i pisac u Sjedinjenim Americkim Drzavama, dosao je u Japan na kraju 19. veka da tu tada nepoznatu i egzoticnu zemlju predstavi svetu. Njegove reportaze, knjige i price ( koje je prevodio uz pomoc prijatelja Japanaca ) bile su najbolja literatura o zemlji dugo izolovanoj na kraju sveta i nacin da se o njoj sazna nesto autenticno. Hern je ubrzo uzeo japansko ime Jakumo Koizumi, a, pre nego sto je umro pocetkom 20. veka priznat je kao najbolji tumac Japana - zemlje koju je tesko upoznati iznutra, jer krije mnogo tajni. I danas u tokijskim knjizarama, koje prodaju izdanja na engleskom jeziku, najvise je knjiga koje je napisao i preveo Lafkadio Hern. "Strasne price," zbirka pripovedaka i kazivanja na granici fantastike i realnog, se smatraju najboljim Hernovim delom. Neke od njih Japanci su kasnije prevodili ponovo na japanski, jer ih je Hern toliko poboljsao da su bile lepse od originala. Po ovom delu snimljena su dva omnibus filma, od kojih je jedan svojevremeno prikazivan i kod nas.