Description
The title Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is fitting, for this book introduces a world that few early Western visitors to Japan ever saw. This is the world of unusual customs, bizarre superstitions, and enchanting scenery that so intrigued Lafcadio Hearn that he adopted Japan as his own country.
Included in this classic volume are Hearn's well- known essays on gardens, festivals, the household shrine, and the bewildering Japanese smile, all aspects of Japanese life that have endured despite the country's modernization. Here too is "My First Day in the Orient," still required reading for any foreigner making a first acquaintance with Japan.
Japan has changed greatly since Hearn's time, but the best of his writing remains valid, for it captures the essence of Japanese character and Japanese tradition. These are the focus of Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, a book that has proven instructive, enchanting, and entertaining for generations of readers.
ISBN:9780804811453
