Hearn, Lafcadio: Kokoro, v.1, 23 Jan 2008.
 

Lafcadio Hearn: Kokoro: Japanese Inner Life Hints
(1895)

A study of Japanese ways of thinking.

Author’s Note:
The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan,--for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (‘heart’). Written with the above character, this word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning,--just as we say in English, “the heart of things.”


From PG. Proofread, spellchecked, TOC added and 65 footnotes hyperlinked.


Soseki’s ‘Kokoro’
Anyone who was hoping for a copy of Natsume Soseki’s novel, ‘Kokoro’ [1914] may find a free English version in html, for personal use only, at:

http://www.eldritchpress.org/ns/soseki.html

However, this is still in copyright and cannot be reproduced elsewhere. Permission is only given for personal use. (So I can’t upload a version.)