"Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New Japan
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In The Annotated Out of the East by Lafcadio Hearn, the former bohemian author and now family man has taken up a new teaching position and has left the comforts of the City of Matsue in Shimane Prefecture; a place he found to be far more severe and less good-natured, famous (or perhaps infamous) for its “Kyushu spirit” and its “Kyushu tone.” Yet, even in an environment he regarded as dissatisfactory, he was able to find that the reserved young men he taught were capable of wonderful, even beautiful thoughts, which he takes the time to share with us. He also takes time out from his teaching res...
Chapters (67)
- "OUT OF THE EAST"
- REVERIES AND STUDIES IN NEW JAPAN
- LAFCADIO HEARN
- AUTHOR OF "GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN" "As far as the east is from the west—"
- OUT OF THE EAST
- I THE DREAM OF A SUMMER DAY I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- II WITH KYŪSHŪ STUDENTS I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- III AT HAKATA I
- II
- III
- IV
- IV OF THE ETERNAL FEMININE
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- V BITS OF LIFE AND DEATH I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VI THE STONE BUDDHA I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII JIUJUTSU
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- VIII THE RED BRIDAL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- IX A WISH FULFILLED
- I
- II
- III
- X IN YOKOHAMA
- I
- II
- XI YUKO: A REMINISCENCE
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