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In 1895 Lafcadio Hearn was appointed to the prestigious position of Chair of English Literature at Tokyo Imperial University, now the Chair of English Literature at Tokyo Imperial University, now the University of Tokyo. At the time, the offer of the position puzzled him University of Tokyo. At the time, the offer of the position puzzled him as he was not an expert: he had no training or degree in English literature, as he was not an expert: he had no training or degree in English literature, and Japan—flush from victory in the Sino-Japanese War and resentful and Japan