Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books, -such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some of the stories may have had a Chinese origin: the very remarkable "Dream of Akinosuke," for example, is certainly from a Chinese source. But the story-teller, in every case, has so recolored and reshaped his borrowing as to naturalize it... One queer tale, "Yuki-Onna," was told me by a farmer of Chofu, Nishitama-gori, in Musashi province, as a legend of his native village. Whether it has ever been...
Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books, -such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonsh...
From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other. At one moment I believed myself a priest who dreamed nightly that he was a gentleman -- at another, that I was a gentleman who dreamed he was a priest. I could no longer distinguish the dream from the reality, nor could I discover where the reality began or where ended the dream By day he was a priest of the Lord, occupied with prayer and sacred things . . . by night, a young nobleman, a fine connoisseur of women, dogs, and horses -- gambling, drinking, and blaspheming...
From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other. At one moment I believed m...
Lafkadio Hern je isto onoliko japanski kao to 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...
Lafkadio Hern je isto onoliko japanski kao to je haiku poezija, cesto kazu poznavaoci. Rodjen u Grckoj, odrastao u Irskoj, sazreo kao novinar i pisac ...
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, -for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). In these collected articles by Lafcadio Hearn, the author recounts a number of Japanese stories and observations on life in Japan in an attempt to "get to the heart of things." Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 - 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories.
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, -for which reason they have been grouped under the title K...
