Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve At Hinomisaki

Chapter Thirteen Shinju

Chapter Fifteen Kitsune

Title: Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series

Author: Lafcadio Hearn

Language: English

Produced by John Orford

          GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN
              First Series
           by LAFCADIO HEARN

(dedication)

                     TO THE FRIENDS
              WHOSE KINDNESS ALONE RENDERED POSSIBLE
              MY SOJOURN IN THE ORIENT,
           PAYMASTER MITCHELL McDONALD, U.S.N.
                         AND
              BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN, ESQ.
     Emeritus Professor of Philology and Japanese in the
            Imperial University of Tokyo
              I DEDICATE THESE VOLUMES
                                 IN TOKEN OF
                          AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE

CONTENTS

PREFACE 1 MY FIRST DAY IN THE ORIENT 2 THE WRITING OF KOBODAISHI 3 JIZO 4 A PILGRIMAGE TO ENOSHIMA 5 AT THE MARKET OF THE DEAD 6 BON-ODORI 7 THE CHIEF CITY OF THE PROVINCE OF THE GODS 8 KITZUKI: THE MOST ANCIENT SHRINE IN JAPAN 9 IN THE CAVE OF THE CHILDREN'S GHOSTS 10 AT MIONOSEKI 11 NOTES ON KITZUKI 12 AT HINOMISAKI 13 SHINJU 14 YAEGAKI-JINJA 15 KITSUNE