Magical Japanese
Season 3
Episode 2: Ghost
Feb 15, 2023
In this episode, poet and literary translator Peter MacMillan travels to Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, where the writer and journalist Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) lived. Hearn is known for his compilation of Japanese ghost stories, Kwaidan, and had a deep interest in Japanese spirituality and folk religion. We visit the places that inspired Hearn in Matsue and look at some expressions related to ghosts along the way.
Details
Details
Type
Documentary
Status
Returning Series
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese
English
Networks