出典：国立国会図書館「近代日本人の肖像」 (https://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/)
小泉八雲/ラフカディオ・ハーン
寛永3年(1850) – 明治37年(1904)
ギリシャ西部レフカダ島生まれ。出生名、パトリック・ラフカディオ・ハーン (Patrick Lafcadio Hearn)。イギリス、フランスで教育を受け、アメリカで新聞記者などを経て、明治23年（1890）に来日し、島根県松江中学に赴任、同年に小泉セツと結婚する。熊本五高、東京帝国大学、早稲田大学で教壇に立つ傍ら、日本各地の民話や怪談、伝承を英語で紹介し、西洋に日本文化を広めた。『怪談』『知られぬ日本の面影』『骨董』など。
Yakumo Koizumi / Patrick Lafcadio Hearn
1850 – 1904
Born on the island of Lefkada in western Greece. His birth name was Patrick Lafcadio Hearn. He was educated in England and France, then worked as a newspaper reporter and in other occupations in the United States before coming to Japan in 1890 (Meiji 23), where he took a post at Matsue Middle School in Shimane Prefecture. That same year, he married Koizumi Setsu. While teaching at the Fifth Higher School in Kumamoto, the University of Tokyo, and Waseda University, he introduced Japanese folktales, ghost stories, and traditions in English, helping to spread Japanese culture to the West. His works include *Kwaidan*, *Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan*, and *Kottō*.