From Out of the East: reveries and studies in new Japan (1897). The dream of a summer day -- From Shadowings (1900). A legend of Fugen-Bosatsu ; The screen-maiden ; The corpse-rider ; The sympathy of Benten ; The gratitude of the Samébito ; The reconciliation -- From A Japanese miscellany: strange stories, folklore gleanings, studies here & there (1901). Of a promise kept ; The story of Umétsu Chūbei ; The story of Kōgi the priest ; The story of Kwashin Koji -- From Kwaidan: stories and studies of strange things (1904). The story of Mimi-Nashi Hōichi ; Oshidori ; The story of O-Tei ; Ubazakura ; Diplomacy ; Or a mirror and a bell ; Jikininki ; Mujina ; Rokuro-Kubi ; A dead secret ; Yuki-Onna ; The story of Aoyagi ; Jiu-Roku-Zakura ; The dream of Akinosuké ; Riki-Baka ; Hi-Mawari - Hōrai.
Summary:
"Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the nineteenth century's best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson. Born in Greece and raised in Ireland, Hearn was a true prodigy and world traveler. He worked as a reporter in Cincinnati, New Orleans, and the West Indies before heading to Japan in 1890 on a commission from Harper's. There, he married a Japanese woman from a samurai family, changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo, and became a Japanese subject. An avid collector of traditional Japanese tales, legends, and myths, Hearn taught literature and wrote his own tales for both Japanese and Western audiences. Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn brings together twenty-eight of Hearn's strangest and most entertaining stories in one elegant volume"--Back cover.
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