In Ghostly JapanAn American classic from the nineteenth century In Ghostly Japan is an immersion into traditional Japanese folklore, spirituality and worldly outlook. Lafcadio Hearn takes you on a trip through nineteenth century Japan which will change you forever. Few are the names in Western literature which have managed to draw a line so thin between real and unreal, that you lose sight of it completely. |
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able Amitabha ancient answer asked beautiful Bodhisattva Buddha Buddhist Bunsei burned called censer Chinese curious dead death Dentsu-In died divine doctrine dream evil existence face fear feeling footprints fragrance gaki Ghostly Japan ghosts girl goblins Guest Hagiwara heard heaven Hell Hotoké Hototogisu hour howl ikiryō incense ingwa Jizō karma karma-relation kinds of incense Kō-kwai Kokoro Kyōto lady lanterns light lijima living matter meaning memory moon Nanda Nembutsu never night Niimi ninsomi Nirvana o-fuda O-Miné O-Tsuyu O-Yoné odor old Japanese once Otokichi pain Peony-Lantern perfume person poems prayer priest proverb reborn robe Ryōseki samurai Sangai Shaka Shinzaburō Shōgun Shōko Setsu signifies silkworms smoke spirits story strange tablets temple Tengu texts things thought tion Tōkyō told tombs Tomozō verse voice wife wind wish woman words Yaidzu Yanaka-no-Sasaki young Yukiko Zōjōji