The Heian Period of Japan is considered the Golden Age. It is also a great age of superstition, magic and mantic practices. Did you know that the number 4 is unlucky In the Japanese culture? At the time of Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai everyone believed that the ghosts of the dead, if not properly buried and prayed for, would haunt and even kill anyone who did not honor them. The Chinese zodiac, adopted by the Japanese, which some of you may have… Continue reading →
Japanese Superstitions
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