Japanese ghost stories

First published:
21st century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki', and the faceless 'mujina' who stalk the lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists and Occultism and esotericism.

Occultism and esotericism
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Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
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- “ghost”· in description
- “haunted”· in description
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Harvard LibraryCloud bibliographic record xl, 227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.	2019	Penguin Books	English	9780241381274 9780241381281 0241381274	Catalog record	Harvard LibraryCloud (opens in a new tab)