The Irish author Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) has been celebrated as the Westerner who has perhaps come closest to grasping the unique “soul” of Japan. Hearn often wrote of the Japanese tradition of being affected by the beauty of fireflies or the sound of summer cicadas. Hearn, who was himself born in Greece, argued that the Japanese shared with ancient Greeks a poetic sensibility that allowed them to appreciate the beauty and wonder of insects.
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