demon-shadows

Updated: May 15, 2025

Between the hours of teaching, ten minutes are allowed for play or rest. The little boys play at Demon-Shadows or at blind-man's-buff or at some other funny game: they laugh, leap, shout, race, and wrestle, but, unlike European children, never quarrel or fight.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : Second Series