Gleanings in Buddha-Fields

STUDIES OF HAND AND SOUL

IN THE FAR EAST

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & COMPANY LIMITED

[1897]

COPYRIGHT 1897 BY

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS

PAGE

I.

A LIVING GOD

II.

OUT OF THE STREET

III.

NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYOTO

IV.

DUST

V.

ABOUT FACES IN JAPANESE ART

VI.

NINGYO-NO-HAKA

VII.

IN OSAKA

VIII.

BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG

IX.

NIRVANA

X.

THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGORO

XI.

WITHIN THE CIRCLE

GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS

I