Writers in Kyoto

Tag: Lafcadio Hearn

Hearn on Heian Jingu

A selection from Dai-Koku-Den

Bin Ueda, Professor and Translator

A biographical sketch of one of Lafcadio Hearn's students.

Book Review: Black Dragonfly, by Jean Pasley

Review of a book inspired by and incorporating the work of Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850 – 1904).

Hearn 7: Kimiko

Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Hearn 6: The Reconciliation

Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Hearn 5: Story of a Fly

Synopsis and commentary on a story.

Hearn 4: The Ditty of O-Kichi and Seiza

Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.

Pierre Loti on Kioto

An introduction to Loti and his writing.

Lafcadio Hearn’s Kyoto stories

Dougill writes on Hearn and his works.

Book Review: Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Parry

Dougill reviews a book by Richard Parry on the Tohoku tsunami.

Okuni by Lafcadio Hearn

On O-kuni, a miko in the Great Temple of Kizuki.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 3: ‘Screen Maiden’

Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 2: Sympathy of Benten

A review of a Lafcadio Hearn story from his book entitled Shadowings (1900).

Hearn on art and shadows

Hearn, in April, writes of looking out his window in Kyoto.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 1: ‘Common Sense’

A WIK intern's commentary on one of Lafcadio Hearn's stories.

Hearn on Higashi Honganji

Hearn writing from Chapter 6 of Kokoro (1896) on some of Kyoto's sights.

Hearn on silhouettes

A journal entry from Lafcadio Hearn.

Hearn on Pontocho

Hearn writing on Pontocho in 1891.

Kyoto tengu

Dougill on Lafcadio Hearn's taste for the macabre.

Hearn in Kyoto

An introduction to Lafcadio Hearn and his relationship with Kyoto.

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