Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum

The Koizumi Yakumo Kinenkan (Japanese小泉 八 云 记念 馆, dt " Koizumi Yakumo - Memorial ") is a literary museum in honor of Lafcadio Hearn ( Koizumi Yakumo Japanese ), which on 29 November 1933, Matsue, Shiominawate in the prefecture Shimane was opened.

Next door, the Koizumi Yakumo Kyūkyo (小泉 八 云 旧居), Hearns is former residence.

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The collection was founded by two former students Lafcadio Hearn, Ochiai Teizaburō and Kishi Seiichi founded. They gave the memorial in 1927 a small collection of 22 manuscripts Hearns, who was soon expanded to include a donation of 350 books by the "Company commemorating Koizumi Yakumo ". The memorial itself was first established in a new building on the western side of the building in which Lafcadio Hearn newlyweds lived with his wife from May to November 1891. The building is designed as a one-story wooden building. In 1933 the memorial was officially opened. Although the plans for the old memorial of Yamaguchi Bunzo ROCHE a house in the western style, which was inspired by the memorial in Weimar, the reconstruction in 1984 was implemented in the Japanese style. The memorial has a floor area of ​​162.3 sqm. Today, the collection includes more than 1,000 Expo Ante such as manuscripts, books and materials from the legacy Hearns and his wife.

The Management is responsible for the " Working Group for Tourism" (ツーリズム 研究 会, Tsūrizumu Kenkyūkai ) as a legal person.