Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan : two volumes in one
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-19042009
Book
Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most popular. Among the reasons is that here, more than anywhere else, the author most vividly captured a place that so affected him that he stayed for the rest of his life. The modern reader can still, through these pages, experience that "first charm of Japan, intangible and volatile as a perfume."
Main title:
Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan : two volumes in one / by Lafcadio Hearn.
Author:
Imprint:
North Clarendon, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., 2009.
Collation:
xx, 580 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published : 1976.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
My first day in the Orient -- The writing of Kobodaishi -- Jizo -- A pilgrimage to Enoshima -- At the market of the dead -- Bon-odori -- The chief city of the province of the gods -- Kitzuki: the most ancient shrine in Japan -- In the cave of the children's ghosts -- At Mionoseki -- Notes on Kitzuki -- Shinju -- Yaegaki-Jinja -- Kitsune -- In a Japanese garden -- The household shrine -- Of women's hair -- From the diary of an English teacher -- Two strange festivals -- By the Japanese Sea -- Of a dancing-girl -- From Hoki to Oki -- Of souls -- Of ghosts and goblins -- The Japanese smile -- Sayonara!
ISBN:
9784805310250 (pbk alk paper)
Dewey class:
952.031915.204
LC class:
DS809
Language:
English
BRN:
99414
Electronic access:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Travel | TRAVEL 915.204 HEAR | Available |