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Hearn, (Patrick) Lafcadio (Tessima Carlos) (1850–1904)| Greek-born US writer and translator. He lived in Japan from 1890 and became a Japanese citizen. His many books on Japanese life and customs introduced the country to many Western readers, for example, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1893) and In Ghostly Japan (1904). |
| A journalist, Hearn was sent to Japan to write an article for a US magazine and never left. His sympathetic understanding of the country and its culture made him accepted and appreciated by the Japanese, and his writings are still widely read. From 1896 he taught English literature at Tokyo University. |
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| The database, accessible by the public, is the first to compile the works of Hearn (1850-1904), who is known in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo and is credited with introducing Japan to foreign readers, said officials with Shimane University, which helped create the database. Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), known in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo, was the premier interpreter of the Japan of his day to the West. Known in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo, Hearn wrote of his love and passion for Japan, particularly his 15-month stay in Matsue, where he came as an English teacher and later wedded a high-ranking samurai's daughter. |
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