![]() ![]() Japanese education attaches too much importance to rote memorization and does not cultivate the imagination.” (*3)) The real religion of Japan, the religion still professed in one form or other, by the entire nation, is that cult which has been the foundation of all civilized religion, and of all civilized society,-Ancestor-worship. I think the future greatness of Japan will depend on the preservation of that Kyushu or Kumamoto spirit, the love of what is plain and good and simple, and the hatred of useless luxury and extravagance in life.” (*1) Here are four statements by Hearn regarding his adopted home of Japan. The first edition of Kwaidan, published in 1904. In it, Hearn displays his skill as a writer and the perceptive vision of a thinker interrogating materialist civilization. ![]() Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) is best known for his collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, which includes classic Japanese ghost stories and horror tales like “The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi” and “Yuki-Onna.” The anthology is a timeless work of art read widely in the country and around the world. ![]()
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