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

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
1897

CONTENTS

[I.]A LIVING GOD
[II.]OUT OF THE STREET
[III.]NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYŌTO
[IV.]DUST
[V.]ABOUT FACES EN JAPANESE ART
[VI.]NINGYŌ-NO-HAKA
[VII.]IN ŌSAKA
[VIII.]BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG
[IX.]NIRVANA
[X.]THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGORŌ
[XI.]WITHIN THE CIRCLE