Yunanistan dogumlu, Ingiliz ve Japonya vatandasi Patrick Lafcadio Hearn’in dogum yildonumu (26 Eylul 1904)
“Cin ve Kore etkisiyle birlikte gelisen animizm nedeniyle eski Japonya'da insanlar gercekten bir ruhlar ve cinler dunyasinda yasiyorlardi. Bunlar insana mirildanan goletler, gurleyen caglayanlar, inildeyen ruzgar ve hisirdayan agac yapraklari, cirlayan bocekler, doganin cikardigi tum sesler araciligiyla sesleniyordu. Insanin gorebildigi tum hareketler, dalgalar, otlar, sisler ya da bulutlar bir ruhun varliginin belirtisiydi; hatta yol ustundeki taslar gorunmez ve korkutucu bir yasamin gostergesiydi.”
“With the development of animism, under Chinese and Korean influence, the man of Old Japan found himself truly in a world of spirits and demons. They spoke to him in the sound of tides and of cataracts in the moaning of wind and the whispers of leafage, in the crying of birds, and the trilling of insects, in all the voices of nature. For him all visible motion whether of waves or grasses or shifting mist or drifting cloud was ghostly; and the never moving rocks nay, the very stones by the wayside were informed with viewless and awful being.”
“Japonya'da, cok ust duzey kimi yetkililer disinda, bir adamin evi onun ‘satosu’ degildir. Hic kimse evinde yasayanlari kapi disari edemez. Herkesin evi ziyaretcilere aciktir. Gunduz on kepenklerin kapatilmasi topluluga hakaret olarak kabul edilir.”
“That "a man's house is his castle" cannot be asserted in Japan—except in the case of some high potentate. No ordinary person can shut his door to lock out the rest of the world. Everybody's house must be open to visitors: to close its gates by day would be regarded as an insult to the community.”



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