Japanische Geister und Naturwesen

German. > Lafcadio Hearn is currently being rediscovered > After the great success of Ghost Stories from Japan, a second magnificent book > High-quality finish: half-linen with gold embossing, translucent pages, altar fold and ribbon markerThe magical world of ancient Japan Even more than in ancient Europe, the world in Japan was animated everywhere by natural beings called yôkai. Of powerful and weak, good and evil forces and their changing manifestations. One such creature is the shark that a man meets on a bridge and who is desperate because he has been expelled from the sea dragon's palace and must now starve to death. The man takes pity on the shark and grants it asylum in the pond on his property. He has the opportunity to show his gratitude when his saviour falls lovelorn because he cannot pay the bride price for his beloved. The shark-man - himself full of pity - is so sad about this that he cries many tears. But the tears solidify into sapphires, and his saviour can be redeemed ... Hearn, a Japanese by choice, tells such stories masterfully, and Benjamin Lacombe, with his penchant for Japanese décor, illustrates them no less skilfully.