A walk in Kumamoto : the life & times of Setsu Koizumi, Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese wife
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A walk in Kumamoto : the life & times of Setsu Koizumi, Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese wife
Global Oriental, 1997
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"Including a new translation of her memoir 'Reminiscences'"
Includes index
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Description
The first part is a new translation of Hearn's wife's reminiscences of life with Hearn. Subsequent chapters consider Setsu's early life and the end of samurai culture following Japan's decision to modernize, her early encounter with Hearn, marriage and her children's later life.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Koizumi Family Tree
- 1 'Reminiscences' by Setsu Koizumi
- 2 Setsu Koizumi's Early Life & the End of Samurai Culture
- 3 Encounter with Lafcadio Hearn and Marriage
- 4 Hearn's and Setsu's Married Life
- 5 After Hearn's death
- Postscript: APPENDICES: 1 Notes to Chapter 1
- Notes to Chapter 2
- 3 Hearn's Letters to Setsu
- 4 Kazuo Koizumi's English Diary
- Extract from Setsu's English Notebooks
- 6 A Detailed Chronology of Events of Lafcadio Hearn's Life in Japan
- Index
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