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

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

Update: 2025-11-04
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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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Music by Julyan Ray Matsuura


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

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

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