Written while Hearn taught at a government college in Kumamoto, these eleven pieces range from The Dream of a Summer Day, which weaves the legend of Urashima into a journey by rickshaw, to conversations with his Kyushu students, a visit to Hakata, an essay on jiujutsu as a model for Japan’s response to the West, and the story of Yuko.
Hearn at his most reflective, a window on Japan in the 1890s and on his own divided heart. Download the free EPUB.