Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things

Author(s)

• Hearn, Lafcadio

Bibliographic Information

Kwaidan : stories and studies of strange things

by Lafcadio Hearn

（Tut books, L）

Tuttle, 1971

Other Title

怪談

Note

"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

Description and Table of Contents

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 Notes

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Details

• NCID: BA04657612
• ISBN:
  • 0804809542
• LCCN: 75138067
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Rutland, Vt. ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 240 p., [2] leaves of plates
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS1917
  • DC : 813/.4
  • NDC7 : 933
  • NDLC : KS158
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01121434