Generally speaking, we construct for endurance, the Japanese for impermanency. Few things for common use are made in Japan with a view to durability. The straw sandals worn out and replaced at each stage of a journey; the robe consisting of a few simple widths loosely stitched together for wearing, and unstitched again for washing; the fresh chopsticks served to each new guest at a hotel... -from "The Genius of Japanese Civilization" Kokoro, roughly translated into English, means "heart," though it can also signify the ...
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Generally speaking, we construct for endurance, the Japanese for impermanency. Few things for common use are made in Japan with a view to durability. The straw sandals worn out and replaced at each stage of a journey; the robe consisting of a few simple widths loosely stitched together for wearing, and unstitched again for washing; the fresh chopsticks served to each new guest at a hotel... -from "The Genius of Japanese Civilization" Kokoro, roughly translated into English, means "heart," though it can also signify the emotional mind, spirit, courage, and resolve. In 1896, just as Japan was opening to the West and interest in Japanese culture in the outside world was flowering, Western expatriate Lafcadio Hearn published this charming and insightful valentine to his adopted country. In sweetly lyrical prose, Hearn extols the "strange morality" of Japanese crime and punishment, the startling beauty of Japanese music, the graceful demureness of Japanese women, and much more. Japanophiles and travelers to the East will delight in this extraordinary foreign journal by a traveler so in love with the land that he stayed for the rest of his life. Bohemian and writer PATRICK LAFCADIO HEARN (1850-1904) was born in Greece, raised in Ireland, and worked as newspaper reporter in the United States before decamping to Japan. He also wrote Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894), In Ghostly Japan (1899), and Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (1904).
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Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $8.13, poor condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1908 by Gay and Bird.
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Used-Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in red cloth. Popular edition. Ex monastery library-stamps, security tag; owner's label on front pastedown; spine a little browned & stained; nasty loss of colour on front board (water-damage). Publisher's catalogue for Oct.1907 at rear.
Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echos of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Dispensary rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Niagara Falls, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Greenwood Press.
Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $20.15, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1896 by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Covers scuffed and edgeworn. Gold illuminations on cover and spine. Covers marked slightly. Binding taped. Pages agetoned and uncut. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Kokoro. Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $21.40, good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1908 by Gay and Bird.
Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $22.00, fair condition, Sold by Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chanute, KS, UNITED STATES, published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
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Fair. No Jacket. Copyright is 1896. 388 pages. Top edge is gilded. Covers show very light rubbing and aging. Inked names on blank end leaves. Small smudge on blank front free end leaf where old price was erased. Top hinge (internal) is broke and there is a little separation between ads page and title page. Text block remains tight and well attached to covers.
Add this copy of Kokoro Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Pellbooks, Inc. rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pelham, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1905 by Gay and Bird.
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Very Good. In yellow decorated cloth Hardcover with lovely drawing of Japanese woman on title page. 388 pages. The study of Japanese emotional sense, spirit, courage, resolve, sentiment, affection & inner meaning. The papers composing this volume treat the inner rather than the outer life of Japan-for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro ( heart).
Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $24.26, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPrices rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2022 by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
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Add this copy of Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life to cart. $36.99, good condition, Sold by Resource Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Granby, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1903 by Gay and Bird.
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Good. London: Gay and Bird, 1903. Ttitle page dated 1903. Lightly worn copy in red cloth printed in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, no dustjacket, possibly as issued. Some edgewear, transparent spot to front cover, good hinges, sound text block, lightly foxed endpapers and title page, name in pencil on front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
