Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan―知られぬ日本の面影 (英文版)

著者 : ラフカディオハーン(小泉八雲） Lafcadio Hearn

• チャールズ・イ・タトル出版 (2009年7月11日発売)

感想・レビュー・書評

[ナポリタン間もなく完成さんの感想 · 2019年5月1日]

In this work, Hearn pointed out one distinguished feature of then Japanese people, described as “Japanese smile”. I find it more important to note that during the stay in a more suburban part of Shimane Prefecture the Greece-born writer complained of the lack of privacy. This, as well as “Japanese smile”, should not be overlooked when it comes to Japanese studies done in the early Meiji Era. The collection of what Hearn saw mostly in Matsue or Oki Island, for example, is a valuable source which is enabled to recognize the everyday life of ordinary citizens.

[ちぇるさんの感想 · 2009年5月15日]

高校のころにテキストとして読みました。
なかでもJAPANESE SMILE が興味深い…
小泉八雲の英文はわかりやすいので、原書がおすすめです！