This 1897 collection focuses on Hearn\'s perceptions of his newly adopted country of Japan through the lens of Buddhism.
His reminiscence on a trip to Kyoto places the reader there, and his meditation on Nirvana is amazingly clear..
His beautiful musings on the juxtaposition between a children\'s playground and death vivify the Buddhist idea of dying.
This 1897 collection focuses on Hearn\'s perceptions of his newly adopted country of Japan through the lens of Buddhism