Shadowings
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1900]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- SHADOWINGS By LAFCADIO HEARN
- LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TŌKYŌ, JAPAN
- AUTHOR OF "EXOTICS AND RETROSPECTIVES," "IN GHOSTLY JAPAN," ETC., ETC.
- Illustrations
- Stories from Strange Books
- The Reconciliation[1]
- The Reconciliation
- A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu[2]
- A Legend of Fugen-Bosatsu
- The Screen-Maiden[7]
- The Screen-Maiden
- The Corpse-Rider[10]
- The Corpse-Rider
- The Sympathy of Benten[13]
- The Sympathy of Benten
- The Gratitude of the Samébito[21]
- The Gratitude of the Samébito
- JAPANESE STUDIES
- Sémi
- (CICADÆ)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Noctilucæ
- A Mystery of Crowds
- A Mystery of Crowds
- Gothic Horror
- Gothic Horror
- I
- II
- III
- Levitation
- Levitation
- Nightmare-Touch
- Nightmare-Touch
- I
- II
- III
- Readings from a Dream-book
- 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
- In a Pair of Eyes
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