TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hearn,Lafcadio
TI  - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
AV  - DS 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Japan -- Description and travel
KW  - Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 -- Homes and haunts -- Japan
KW  - Japan -- Religious life and customs
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glimpses_of_Unfamiliar_Japan; Release date is 2005-05-01; In a Japanese garden -- The household shrine -- Of women's hair -- From the diary of an English teacher -- Two strange festivals -- By the Japanese Sea -- Of a dancing-girl -- From Hoki to Oki -- Of souls -- Of ghosts and goblins -- The Japanese smile -- Sayonara!; Produced by John Orford; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series" by Lafcadio Hearn is a collection of travel sketches written between 1890 and 1893. This work captures Hearn's impressionistic observations of Japanese culture, exploring themes of Buddhism, Shinto, and local folklore. Writing during Japan's reopening to the West, Hearn presents a mysterious, ancient civilization he feared would lose its charm through modernization and Western influence. His detailed accounts of Japanese lands, people, and traditions reflect both fascination and a desire to preserve what he saw as Japan's untouched essence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8133
ER  -