Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
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About This Book
The 15 essays collected here examine the inner spiritual life of Japan through the people that make Japan the unique place it is. The word "Kokora" itself can be translated as "heart," "spirit" or "inner meaning," and that's exactly what this title teaches us about Japan.
Chapters (85)
- KOKORO
- CONTENTS
- KOKORO
- II
- THE GENIUS OF JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- III
- IV
- FROM A TRAVELING DIARY
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- V
- II
- III
- IV
- VI
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- VII.
- VIII
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- IX
- II
- III
- X
- A CONSERVATIVE
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- XI
- XII
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- XIII
- II
- XIV
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- XV
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- APPENDIX
- THREE POPULAR BALLADS
- THE BALLAD OF SHUNTOKU-MARU
- THE BALLAD OF OGURI-HANGWAN
- I. THE BIRTH
- II. THE BANISHMENT
- III. THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
- IV. HOW KANE-UJI BECAME A BRIDEGROOM WITHOUT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW'S CONSENT
- V. THE POISONING
- VI. CAST ADRIFT
- VII. THE LADY YORIHIME
- VIII. BECOMING A SERVANT
- IX. DRAWING THE CART
- X. THE REVIVAL
- XI. THE INTERVIEW
- XII. THE VENGEANCE
- THE BALLAD OF O-SHICHI, THE DAUGHTER OF THE YAOYA (1)
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