耳なし芳一 (Mimi-nashi Hōichi) = Hoichi the Earless

The Abe Eishiro Memorial Museum is devoted to the life and work of the late Living National Treasure who worked to preserve traditional Japanese papermaking techniques. This illustrated book is printed on Izumo Mingeishi paper made by Eishiro’s grandson Abe Shinchiro. Hoichi the Earless recounts an old Japanese folk tale whose English translation first appeared in a 1904 short story collection by Lafcadio Hearn.