Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
By Lafcadio Hearn
Length12h 38m
About this audiobook
Scholar and travel writer Lafcadio Hearn spent decades in Japan, eventually adopting it as his home country. Perhaps more than any other single writer, Hearn is responsible for documenting and interpreting Japan for Western audiences. In this engrossing volume, Hearn undertakes his most comprehensive comparative analysis of Japanese culture. (Goodreads)
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length12 hrs 38 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1DIFFICULTIES
13THE RISE OF THE MILITARY POWER
2STRANGENESS AND CHARM
14THE RELIGION OF LOYALTY
3THE ANCIENT CULT
15THE JESUIT PERIL
4THE RELIGION OF THE HOME
16"SUWO NO SUKE.
5THE JAPANESE FAMILY
17FEUDAL INTEGRATION
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6THE COMMUNAL CULT
18THE SHINTO REVIVAL
7DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTO
19SURVIVALS
8WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION
20MODERN RESTRAINTS
9THE RULE OF THE DEAD
21OFFICIAL EDUCATION
10THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM
22INDUSTRIAL DANGER
11THE HIGHER BUDDHISM
23REFLECTIONS
12THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
24APPENDIX
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