Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things
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Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things
（Tut books, L）
Tuttle, 1971
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怪談
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"Originally published in 1904."
Contents of Works
- The story of Mimi-nashi-Hōïchi
- Oshidori
- The story of O-tei
- Ubazakura
- Diplomacy
- Of a mirror and a bell
- Jikininki
- Mujina
- Rokuro-kubi
- A dead secret
- Yuki-Onna
- The story of Aoyagi
- Jiu-Roku-Zakura
- 他7篇あり
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Description
Kwaidan
Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese Ghost Stories
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1964.
Kaidan is Japanese for "ghost story."
Hearn declares in his introduction to the first edition of the book, which he wrote on January 20, 1904, shortly before his death, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. He also states that one of the stories -- Yuki-onna -- was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and his was apparently the first record of it, both by his own account and according to the research of modern folklorists. Riki-Baka is based on a personal experience of Hearn's. While he does not declare it in his introduction, Hi-Mawari -- among the final narratives in the volume - seems to be a recollection of an experience in his childhood (it is, setting itself apart from almost all the others, written in the first person and set in rural Wales).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HOICHI
OSHIDORI
THE STORY OF O-TEI
UBAZAKURA
DIPLOMACY
OF A MIRROR AND A BELL
JIKININKI
MUJINA
ROKURO-KUBI
A DEAD SECRET
YUKI-ONNA
THE STORY OF AOYAGI
JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA
THE DREAM OF AKINOSUKE
RIKI-BAKA
HI-MAWARI
HORAI
INSECT STUDIES
BUTTERFLIES
MOSQUITOES
ANTS
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