The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoishi by Lafcadio Hearn

If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon. Though China’s political fate seems uncertain and its people set in traditional ways, Lafcadio Hearna Japan-based journalist known for his writings on East Asian culturepredicts that China. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Visit the Uncanny Japan website to read the show notes and transcript. The story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi - Oshidori - The story of O-Tei - Ubazakura - Diplomacy - Of a mirror and a bell - Jikininki - Mujina - Rokuro-Kubi - A dead secret. As a matter of fact, I have tickets to go see a performance of Mimi-Nashi Hoichi in May. 32 by Lafcadio Hearn Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. A story that has been made into a movie, appears on stage, shows up in manga, music, and is told on stages even today. The story is a century old translation from a Japanese ghost story, written down in English and popularized by the American folklorist Lafcadio Hearn and. He took this name from Kojiki, a Japanese. mimi-nashi-hoichi, the blind musician, a traditional japanese ghost story from kwaidan, stories and studies of strange things, 1904.we have MERCH: https. Today on Uncanny Japan, I read you 'Mimi-nashi Hoichi', arguably Mr. Hearn worked as a journalist in Kb and afterward in 1896 got Japanese citizenship and a new name, Koizumi Yakumo.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Exotics and Retrospectives, and Kwaidan to name a few. He then wrote them down in English, adding his own unique style and began publishing books of his gathered observances and retellings. After coming to live in Japan (1890), Lafcadio Hearn listened intently to the folk stories and ghostly tales that were related to him.

The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoishi by Lafcadio Hearn