Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Buddhism, Japanese

Culture--Japan

Folk tales--Japan

Shintoism

Religion--Japan

Nationalism and literature--Japan

This book by Lafcadio Hearn, published in 1904, was one of the earliest attempts by a foreigner to interpret Japanese culture as a whole to the West. Written during the period of the Meiji reforms, it reflects the dominant emphasis during that period in Japan on molding a modern, nationalist state.. Hearn lived in Japan, but wrote under the strong influence of Herbert Spencer, an English philosopher preeminent at the time.

Hearn, Lafcadio

Jim Kacian Archival Library

The Macmillan Company
New York

1904

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