4 Season
53 Episode
Magical Japanese - Season 3 Episode 2 Ghost
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.
- Year : 2024
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword : japanese history, japanese culture, japanese language
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- Cast : Peter MacMillan, Emma Howard