Kwaidan: Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)

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Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan

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is called upon to perform for the dead. Faceless creatures haunt an unwary traveler.

A beautiful woman-the personification of winter at its cruelest­ ruthlessly kills unsuspecting mortals. These and seventeen other chilling supernatural tales-based on legends, myths, and beliefs of ancient Japan-represent the very best of Lafcadio Hearn's literary style. They are also a culmination of his lifelong interest in the endlessly fascinating customs and tales of the country where he spent the last fourteen years of his life, translating into English the atmospheric stories he so avidly collected. Teeming with undead samurais, man-eating goblins, and other terrifying demons, these twenty classic ghost stories inspired the Oscar®-nominated 1964 film of the same name. Dover (2006) unabridged republication of the edition published by T he Shimbi Shoin, Ltd., Tokyo, 1932. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. 22 black-and-white illustrations by Yasumasa Fujita. 176pp.

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ISBN 0-486-45094-5