A WALK IN KUMAMOTO: The Life & Times Of Setsui Koizumi Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese by [HEARN, Lafcadio]

Kent 1997, Global Oriental. Blue cloth, 360p., NEW, UNUSED copy, dust jacket in Mylar protector, index, chronology, English text, 13.5 x 22.5 cm., lower right front cover small bump, else contents pristine. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . *** **** *** . . RARE INSIGHTS TO THE DAILY LIFE & IDIOSYNCRASIES . . . OF LAFCADIO HEARN BY HIS JAPANESE WIFE, SETSUKO . * This charming book provides a rare insight into the daily life & idiosyncrasies of a world-famous cross-culture marriage at the turn of the century, as related by Hearn's wife Setsu Koizumi. When Hearn became naturalized and a citizen of Japan, he took his wife's sir name as his own, thereafter being known as Koizumi Yakumo. Setsu was the daughter of a high-ranking Samurai family as well as detailing their meeting in Kumamoto in Southern Japan where Hearn taught English. . Also of their marriage & family life together. The book gives a first-hand account of how the wealthy and very distinguished Samurai families were turned into the streets following the end of the Japanese civil war in 1868, when the old "feudal order" of Samurai supremacy was rejected in favor of modernization & Westernization. . *** A superb resource on the life and times of Lafcadio Hearn, and Setsu Koizumi, Hearn's Japanese wife. Of their life together, their children and of the book Hearn wrote while in Japan. * With excellent chronology, giving a great insight to the details of Hearn's life from his birth in 1850, down to his death in 1904. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . * . .