机と椅子

八雲は16歳の時に事故により左目を失明し、右目も強度の近視であったため原稿を書くのに苦労した。この机と椅子は松江時代に特別注文してつくったもので、机は通常より背が高い。眼鏡をかけなかった八雲は、原稿に目を擦り付けるようにして仕事をしていた。

Hearn’s desk and chair

When Hearn was sixteen years old, he lost the sight in his left eye as the result of an accident. The myopia in his right eye was so acute that he found it difficult to write his manuscripts at a conventional desk. To overcome this problem and to bring his eyes as close to his paper as possible, he instructed his carpenter to build a desk much higher than usual.