Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena (Tuttle Classics) - Softcover

Ross, Catrien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 4805310928 ISBN 13: 9784805310922

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Japanese Ghost Stories is a collection of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. This book opens a window into the hidden aspects of the Japanese world of the paranormal, a place where trees grow human hair, rocks weep and there's even a graveyard where Jesus is reputed to have been buried.

Covering ancient and modern times, Japanese Ghost Stories offers not only good, old-fashioned scary stories, but some special insights into Japanese culture and psychology.

Japanese ghost stories include:

• In Search of the Supernatural
• Psychic Stirrings
• New Forays into the Mystic
• Strange but True
• Modern-Day Hauntings
• Scenes of Ghosts and Demons
• Edo-Era Tales

About this title

About the Author:

From the moment she moved to Japan more than twenty-five years ago Catrien Ross time and again found herself drawn into hidden aspects of Japanese lore and culture. After her first book was published by Tuttle she moved deep into the mountains where, remaking her early Edo period kominka, she had many more strange encounters. This inspired her to establish Energy Doorways, her creative and spiritual center at the foot of Mount Fuji and the indie publisher of her new books in Japanese and English. Then, as her interest in timeless things and stories widened, she was accepted into the secretive world of Japanese antique dealers. The most mysterious phenomenon so far has been her experience of sudden genius - an abrupt onset of paintings and music which continues to erupt today. To learn more about Catrien's unusual life visit her personal website at www.catrienross.com

Review:

"From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners and crevices of these islands unearth a trove of arcane detail." —The Japan Times

"Bringing erudition to the eerie, Ross enlarges our vocabulary of the supernatural. From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners and crevices of these islands unearth a trove of arcane detail. Along the way she provides insights into Japanese culture you are unlikely to find elsewhere." —Stephen Mansfield

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 4805310928
• ISBN 13: 9784805310922
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160