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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813158303321

Autore

Hearn Lafcadio

Titolo

Japan : An Attempt at Interpretation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2012

ISBN

1-77652-415-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Disciplina

915.2

Soggetti

Japan -- Civilization

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

East Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Difficulties; Strangeness and Charm; The Religion of the Home; The Japanese Family; The Communal Cult; Developments of Shinto; Worship and Purification; The Rule of the Dead; The Introduction of Buddhism; The Higher Buddhism; The Social Organization; The Rise of the Military Power; The Religion of Loyalty; The Jesuit Peril; Feudal Integration; The Shinto Revival; Survivals; Modern Restraints; Official Education; Industrial Danger; Reflections; Appendix; Bibliographical Notes; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

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.