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Title: Shadowings

Author: Lafcadio Hearn

Release Date: November 5, 2010 [EBook #34215]

Language: English

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SHADOWINGS

By LAFCADIO HEARN

LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TŌKYŌ, JAPAN

AUTHOR OF "EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVES," "IN GHOSTLY JAPAN," ETC., ETC.

decloration1

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1919

Copyright, 1900,
By Little, Brown, and Company

Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co. Boston, U. S. A.

STORIES FROM STRANGE BOOKS:

I. The Reconciliation 5

II. A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu 15

III. The Screen-Maiden 23

IV. The Corpse-Rider 33

V. The Sympathy of Benten 41

VI. The Gratitude of the Samébito 57

JAPANESE STUDIES:

I. Sémi 71

II. Japanese Female Names 105

III. Old Japanese Songs 157

FANTASIES:

I. Noctilucæ 197

II. A Mystery of Crowds 203

III. Gothic Horror 213

IV. Levitation 225

V. Nightmare-Touch 235

VI. Readings from a Dream-Book 249

VII. In a Pair of Eyes 265

Illustrations

Facing page

PLATE I 72
1-2, Young Sémi.
3-4, Haru-Zémi, also called Nawashiro-Zémi.

PLATE II 76
"Shinné-Shinné" also called Yama-Zémi, and Kuma-Zémi.

PLATE III 80
Aburazémi.

PLATE IV 84
1-2, Mugikari-Zémi, also called Goshiki-Zémi.
3, Higurashi.
4, "Min-Min-Zémi."

PLATE V 88
1, "Tsuku-tsuku-Bōshi," also called "Kutsu-kutsu-Bōshi," etc. (Cosmopsaltria Opalifera)
2, Tsurigané-Zémi.
3, The Phantom.