Nevertheless, after only a half year, he died of angina pectoris. He quit the Imperial University in 1903 and began to teach at Waseda University on the year next. So many people read his works as an introduction of Japan. This book of essays chronicles Hearn's impressions of Japanese life and culture and was originally published in two volumes. In addition, he wrote much reports of Japan and published in America. He got respect of students, many of whom made a remarkable literary career. On that year, he moved to Tôkyô and began to teach at the Imperial University of Tôkyô. He took this name from 'Kojiki,' a Japanese ancient myth, which roughly translates as 'the place where the clouds are born'. Hearn worked as a journalist in Kôbé and afterward in 1896 got Japanese citizenship and a new name, Koizumi Yakumo.

Kanô Jigorô, the president of the school of that time, spread judo to the world. In 1891, he moved to Kumamoto and taught at the fifth high school for three years. In Matsué, he got acquainted with Nishida Sentarô, a colleague teacher and his lifelong friend, and married Koizumi Setsu, a daughter of a samurai. He afterward moved to Matsué as an English teacher of Shimané prefectural middle school. He arrived in Yokohama, but because of a dissatisfaction with the contract, he quickly quit the job. After making remarkable works in America as a journalist, he went to Japan in 1890 as a journey report writer of a magazine.

Rosa Cassimati (Ρόζα Αντωνίου Κασιμάτη in Greek), a Greek woman, bore Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν in Greek or 小泉八雲 in Japanese), a son, to Charles Hearn, an army doctor from Ireland.

Greek-born American writer Lafcadio Hearn spent 15 years in Japan people note his collections of stories and essays, including Kokoro (1896), under pen name Koizumi Yakumo.

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