Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (Writings on Japan by Lafcadio Hearn): v. 3 (Writings on Japan by Lafcadio Hearn S.) - Softcover

Lafcadio Hearn

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ISBN 10: 4925080393 ISBN 13: 9784925080392

Publisher: ICG-Muse, 2001

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This book accounts for the mentality, social ethics, and common values of the Japanese from a sociological viewpoint. A penetrating interpretation, as pertinent today as when it was written in 1904, this is an ideal introduction for westerners on how the Japanese live, work and think.

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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories. He was born in and named for the island of Lefkada, one of the Greek Ionian Islands. He worked as a reporter for the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, working for the newspaper from 1872 to 1875. During the autumn of 1877, he left Cincinnati for New Orleans, where he lived for nearly a decade. In 1890, He went to Japan with a commission as a newspaper correspondent, which was quickly terminated. It was in Japan, however, that he found a home and his greatest inspiration.

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