Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Aug 2023 · Simon and Schuster
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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and this was, to the best of his knowledge, the first record of it.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He a...
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Lafcadio Hearn was born on the Greek island of Lefkada in 1850 to an Irish father and a Greek mother. After a difficult childhood in Europe, he moved to the United States as a young man and began working as a journalist in Cincinnati. He later lived in New Orleans, where his vivid reporting, essays, translations, and writings on local culture established his reputation as an unusually perceptive observer of overlooked people, traditions, and places.In 1890, Hearn traveled to Japan, where he worked as a teacher, writer, and lecturer. He married Setsu Koizumi, became a Japanese citizen, and adopted the name Koizumi Yakumo. Deeply fascinated by Japanese religion, customs, legends, and everyday life, he devoted much of his later career to interpreting Japanese culture for English-speaking readers. His books include Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, In Ghostly Japan, Kokoro, and Kwaidan.Hearn died in Tokyo in 1904, the same year Kwaidan was published. His work preserved many traditional stories during a period of rapid modernization and helped shape Western understanding of Japanese folklore and supernatural literature. He remains widely admired for the sensitivity, atmosphere, and literary elegance with which he presented the legends and beliefs of his adopted country.
Lafcadio Hearn was born on the Greek island of Lefkada in 1850 to an Irish father and a Greek mother. After a difficult childhood in Europe, he moved to the United States as a young man and began working as a journalist in Cincinnati. He later lived in New Orleans, where his vivid reporting, essa...
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