SHADOWINGS

By LAFCADIO HEARN

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


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

 

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BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1919


Copyright, 1900,
By Little, Brown, and Company


All rights reserved

 

 

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


Contents

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 I72
1-2, Young Sémi.
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