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.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

5

Episodes:

58

Cast:

Peter MacMillan, Emma Howard

Quality:

HD

Duration:

10 min

First Air:

2021

Rating:

10.0