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| | Lafcadio Hearn |
 | | Having achieved some success with his literary translations and other works, he was hired by Harper Publishing Co. He was in the West Indies on assignment from Harper from 1887-89, and wrote two novels on that period. |
 | | In 1889 he decided to go to Japan, and upon his arrival in Yokohama in the spring of 1890, was befriended by Basil Hall Chamberlain of Tokyo Imperial University, and officials at the Ministry of Education. |
 | | The Yaidzu Hearn Society, Yaidzu; Tokyo University, Komaba Campus; Waseda University, Ikuba Hall; Zoshigaya Cemetery, Ikebukuro; Otemae University, Nishinomiya, co-sponsored by the International Shinto Foundation, Inc.; Matsue City Bunka Center sponsored by the Matsue Hearn Society; and in Kumamoto City, sponsored by the Kumamoto Daily News. |
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