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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lafcadio HearnPublish date:2012-12-07Pages:94
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781481196130ISBN-10:1481196138UPC:9781481196130Book Category:Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Supernatural (Incl. Ghosts)Size:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCXV4JRQTF
Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books, -such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some of the stories may have had a Chinese origin: the very remarkable "Dream of Akinosuke," for example, is certainly from a Chinese source. But the story-teller, in every case, has so recolored and reshaped his borrowing as to naturalize it... One queer tale, "Yuki-Onna," was told me by a farmer of Chofu, Nishitama-gori, in Musashi province, as a legend of his native village. Whether it has ever been written in Japanese I do not know; but the extraordinary belief which it records used certainly to exist in most parts of Japan, and in many curious forms... The incident of "Riki-Baka" was a personal experience; and I wrote it down almost exactly as it happened, changing only a family-name mentioned by the Japanese narrator. - L.H. Tokyo, Japan, January 20th, 1904
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781481196130ISBN-10:1481196138UPC:9781481196130Book Category:Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:Supernatural (Incl. Ghosts)Size:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCXV4JRQTF
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