Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East

GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS STUDIES OF HAND AND SOUL IN THE FAR EAST BY LAFCADIO HEARN LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1897 CONTENTS I. A LIVING GOD II. OUT OF THE STREET III. NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYŌTO IV. DUST V. ABOUT FACES EN JAPANESE ART VI. NINGYŌ-NO-HAKA VII. IN ŌSAKA VIII. BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG IX. NIRVANA X. THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGORŌ XI. WITHIN THE CIRCLE GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS I A LIVING GOD I Of whatever dimension, the temples or shrines of pure Shintō are all built in the same archaic style. The typical shrine is a windowless oblong building of unpainted timber, with a very steep ov…

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