Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Baku, Eater of Dreams
A fantastic creature combines an elephant-like trunk with a shaggy body and clawed limbs. The image accompanies Hearn’s account of the Baku in The Eater of Dreams.
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Genjiro Yeto. "The Baku, Eater of Dreams" [editorial title]. In Kottō, Lafcadio Hearn. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 242. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0652-0242
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Genjiro Yeto. The Baku, Eater of Dreams. Kottō. Scan leaf 242. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0652-0242