Exotics and Retrospectives
By Lafcadio Hearn · Running time 05:32:41 · Essays & Short Works, Philosophy
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Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings about Japan from the beginning of the Meiji era, when the country was just opening to the West, remain among the most important explanations of Japanese culture. This book contains in the first part, "Exotics", his observations of and personal insights into Japan. For example, Fuji no Yama tells about him climbing the highest mountain in Japan; and A Question in the Zen Texts, Literature of the Dead , and Of Moon Desire try to explain Buddhist teachings. In
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