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Book Title: Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan
Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Asia / Japan, Eastern, Essays & Travelogues
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Travel, Religion