Japanophilia
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Japanophilia is an outside interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. The Japanese term for this is shinnichi.
Lafcadio Hearn, who adopted the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an early Western enthusiast of Japanese culture.
Lafcadio Hearn
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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature of Japan to the mainstream Western w
Japanophilia
…Carl Peter Thunberg and Philipp Franz von Siebold helped introduce Japanese flora, artworks, and other objects to Europe, which sparked interest. Lafcadio Hearn, an Irish-Greek author who made his home in Japan in the 19th century, was described as "a confirmed Japanophile" by Charles E. Tuttle Company in their…
Plaque on Hearn's home on Gardiner Street, Dublin
The first issue of Ye Giglampz, a satirical weekly published in 1874 by Hearn and Henry Farny
Char-Coal: Cartoon published in New Orleans Daily Item on 25 August 1880