Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/8719.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation</u><br><span>Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citizen by the name of Koizumi Yakumo (?? ??). He wrote many books on Japan, especially about its folklore. In this posthumously published book, he takes a closer look at Japan's religious history: How it developed from ancient beliefs into Shintoism, resisted suppression attempts by both Buddhism and Christianity and how – despite efforts to westernise Japan during the era known as Meiji Restoration – it remained the basis for Japanese society. Even today, over 100 years after this book was written, some of the described traditions and fundamental ideas still exist. </span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />