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Hōichi the Earless: A Lafcadio Hearn Reading (Ep. 182)
Season 9 · Episode 182

Hōichi the Earless: A Lafcadio Hearn Reading (Ep. 182)

A Classic Japanese Ghost Story

Uncanny Japan

November 4, 202530m 51s

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Show Notes

A blind musician is summoned to perform in the darkness. But who is listening? And what terrible price awaits a moment's oversight?

Today I read to you one of Lafcadio Hearn's most famous Japanese ghost stories: "Mimi-nashi Hōichi" or "The Earless Hōichi."

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Credits:
Music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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