Lafcadio Hearn, who died in Japan in 1904, used to be considered one of the best Western writers on Japan in his generation and was widely (and continues to be) admired by the Japanese. Formerly a journalist in Cincinnati renowned for his writing skills in recording horror and the macabre, he came to be known as the great interpreter of Japan. Even today, every Japanese schoolchild knows Koizumi Yakumo (his Japanese name) because they all learn from his short stories in secondary school.
Lafcadio Hearn, who died in Japan in 1904, used to be considered one of the best Western writers on Japan in his generation and was widely (and contin...
It was Louis Allen's work on Japan which dominated his prodigious output as a scholar, researcher and writer and which received greatest attention internationally. This collection of his writings focuses entirely on his principal fields of research, viz, Japan and the Pacific War, the post-war conflicts in Burma, Malaya and Indochina, and the immediate post-war years in the context of Japan, security and reconciliation. Importantly, in addition to the 24 essays brought together here from both known and unknown sources, we are pleased to publish for the first time Louis Allen's own undated...
It was Louis Allen's work on Japan which dominated his prodigious output as a scholar, researcher and writer and which received greatest attention int...
