Shadowings

About this eBook

Author

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Japanese poetry -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34215

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34215

Release Date

November 5, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SHADOWINGS — By LAFCADIO HEARN — LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TŌKYŌ, JAPAN — AUTHOR OF "EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVES," "IN GHOSTLY JAPAN," ETC., ETC. — Contents — Illustrations — Stories from Strange Books — The Reconciliation [1]
2. 2.The Reconciliation — A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu [2]
3. 3.A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu — The Screen-Maiden [7]
4. 4.The Screen-Maiden — The Corpse-Rider [10]
5. 5.The Corpse-Rider — The Sympathy of Benten [13]
6. 6.The Sympathy of Benten — The Gratitude of the Samébito [21]
7. 7.The Gratitude of the Samébito — JAPANESE STUDIES — Sémi
8. 8.(CICADÆ)
9. 9.Sémi — I — II — I.— Haru-Zémi. — II.—" Shinné-shinné. " — III.— Aburazémi. — IV.— Mugi-kari-Zémi. — V.— Higurashi, or "Kana-kana. " — VI.—" Minmin"-Zémi. — VII.— Tsuku-tsuku-bōshi. — VIII.— Tsurigané-Sémi. [29] — III — IV — Japanese Female Names
10. 10.Japanese Female Names — I — SELECTED NAMES OF STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF THE HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOL FOR FEMALES (1880-1895):— — II — NAMES OF VIRTUES AND PROPRIETIES — MISCELLANEOUS NAMES EXPRESSING PERSONAL QUALITIES, OR PARENTAL HOPES — PLACE-NAMES — NAMES OF OBJECTS AND OF OCCUPATIONS ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO WOMEN — MATERIAL NOUNS USED AS NAMES — LITERARY NAMES — NUMERALS AND WORDS RELATING TO NUMBER — OTHER NAMES RELATING TO ORDER OF BIRTH — NAMES RELATING TO TIME AND SEASON — NAMES OF BIRDS, FISHES, ANIMALS, ETC. — FLOWER-NAMES — NAMES OF PLANTS, FRUITS, AND TREES — NAMES SIGNIFYING BRIGHTNESS — COLOR-NAMES — NAMES DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY OR EXPLAIN — III — PERSONAL NAMES OF LADY STUDENTS OF THE KWAZOKU JOGAKKŌ — IV — Old Japanese Songs
11. 11.Old Japanese Songs — KANO YUKU WA — AGÉMAKI — BINDATARA — SAMA WA TENNIN — AGÉMAKI — LOVE-SONG — LOVE-SONG — LOVE-SONG — LOVE-SONG — LOVE-SONG — OLD TŌKYŌ SONG — LOVE-SONG — COMIC SONG — KAËRI-ODORI [99] — OTERA-ODORI (TEMPLE-DANCE) — SONG OF FISHERMEN — KANÉ-MAKI-ODORI UTA — O-KICHI-SEIZA KUDOKI — I — II — Fantasies — Noctilucæ
12. 12.Noctilucæ — A Mystery of Crowds
13. 13.A Mystery of Crowds — Gothic Horror
14. 14.Gothic Horror — I — II — III — Levitation
15. 15.Levitation — Nightmare-Touch
16. 16.Nightmare-Touch — I — II — III — Readings from a Dream-book
17. 17.Readings from a Dream-book — Fr. I — Fr. II — Fr. III — Fr. IV — Fr. V — Fr. VI — Fr. VII — Fr. VIII — In a Pair of Eyes
18. 18.In a Pair of Eyes — Transcriber's Notes:

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