Gleanings in Buddha-Fields by Lafcadio Hearn

This is a wonderful collection of Lafcadio Hearn’s essays on Buddhism, Japan, and Japanese folklore. Chapters include: A Living God; Out Of The Street; Notes Of A Trip To Kyôto; Dust; About Faces In Japanese Art; Ningyô-No-Haka; In Ôsaka; Buddhist Allusions In Japanese Folk-Song; Nirvana, A Study In Synthetic Buddhism; The Rebirth Of Katsugorô; and, Within The Circle.