Kokoro

by Lafcadio Hearn

Overview

The 15 essays collected here examine the inner spiritual life of Japan through the people that make Japan the unique place it is. The word "Kokoro" itself can be translated as "heart," "spirit" or "inner meaning," and that's exactly what this title can teach us about Japan.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161395929
Publisher:	BlackBox Publisheer
Publication date:	04/22/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (in Greek: ?at?????? ?e???d??? ?e??, aka Koizumi Yakumo, in Japanese: ????) was born in the island of Lefkas (aka Lefkada), Greece. He was a son of an army doctor Charles Hearn from Ireland and a Greek woman Rosa Cassimati (in Greek: ???a ??t????? ?as?µ?t?). After making remarkable works in America as a journalist, he went to Japan in 1890 as a journey report writer of a magazine. But as soon as he arrived in Yokohama, he quit the job because of a dissatisfaction with the contract. After that, he moved to Matsué as an English teacher of Shimané Prefectural Middle School. In Matsué, he got acquainted with his lifelong friend Nishida Sentarô, a colleague teacher, and married Koizumi Setsu, a daughter of a samurai. In 1891, he moved to Kumamoto and had taught at the Fifth High School for 3 years. Kanô Jigorô, the president of the School of that time, is known as the man who spread judo to the world.