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13) The Ink dark moon: love poems by Ono no Komachi & Izumi Shikibu, women of the ancient court of Japan
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
14) Shadowings
Author
Series
Publisher
Tuttle
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
A menagerie of observation, philosophy, musing, and storytelling, Shadowings is quirky and charming, not unlike its author, transplanted Westerner Lafcadio Hearn. In this work, Hearn takes us from an ancient Japanese legend of love and spirits to an intimate contemplation on fear to a philosophical study of feminine Japanese names. Applying both his keen aesthetic eye and his uncanny ability to translate feelings as well as words, Hearn awakens the...