Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Japanese Ghost Stories) - Softcover

Hearn, Lafcadio

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9781539113751: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Japanese Ghost Stories)

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ISBN 10: 1539113752 ISBN 13: 9781539113751

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things Japanese Ghost Stories By Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Ghost Stories 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).

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