William Lafcadio Hearn was, as Wikipedia notes, “a Greek-Irish-Japanese writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West…. During late 1891, Hearn obtained another teaching position in Kumamoto, at the Fifth High Middle School (a predecessor of Kumamoto University), where he spent the next three years and completed his book Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894).” His published books are available for free at Gutenberg.org: https://tinyurl.com/3wndckcv . Japan Today has an informative article about Hearn as part of their biography series which includes several quotes from revered Kumamoto University professor, Hearn scholar, and long-time Kumamoto resident Alan Rosen as well as links to other articles in the series. https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/lafcadio-hearn-becomes-koizumi-yakumo-in-1890s-japan