Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life

KOKORO

BY

LAFCADIO HEARN

THE papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan,--for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). Written with the above character, this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning,--just as we say in English, &q...