“If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary William Elliot Griffis [1843-1928], the scientist Edward Sylvester Morse [1838-1925], and the writer Lafcadio Hearn],… — Edwin O. Reischauer Copy Share Image
![“Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary William Elliot Griffis [1843-1928], the scientist Edward Sylvester Morse [1838-1925], and the writer Lafcadio…” quote by Edwin O. Reischauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d32/edwin-o-reischauer-77819_barbarians_absolutely-delightful-at-first-for-its-u_3040751.jpg)