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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan : an anthology of his writings on the country and its people / edited and with an introduction by Donald Richie.
LIBRA - Special DS822.3 .H415 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
- Japan--Civilization--1868-1912.
- Japan.
- Civilization.
- Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904--Homes and haunts--Japan.
- Hearn, Lafcadio.
- Homes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 280 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Other Title:
- Anthology of his writings on the country and its people
- Place of Publication:
- Rutland, Vermont ; Tokyo, Japan : Charles E. Tuttle Company, [1997]
- Summary:
- This is a masterful collection of Hearn's writings which includes vivid descriptions of 19th-century Japan, a world lost to most modern travellers.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Land. Strangeness and Charm. The Chief City of the Province of the Gods. In a Japanese Garden. Three Popular Ballads. In the Cave of the Children's Ghosts. A Letter from Japan. Horai
- pt. 2. The People. Bits of Life and Death. Of Women's Hair. A Street Singer. Kimiko. Yuko: A Reminiscence. On a Bridge. The Case of O-Dai. Drifting. Diplomacy. A Passional Karma. Survivals.
- Notes:
- Illustrated title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Lafcadio Hearn's Japan.
- ISBN:
- 0804820961
- 9780804820967
- OCLC:
- 38307717
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