Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Summary

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan; also archaic romanized Kwaidan), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Koizumi Yakumo (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 1964 film, Kwaidan, by Masaki Kobayashi. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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Chapters (21)

1. 1. The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi
2. 2. Oshidori
3. 3. The Story of O-Tei
4. 4. Ubazakura
5. 5. Diplomacy
6. 6. Of a Mirror and a Bell
7. 7. Jikininki
8. 8. Mujina
9. 9. Rokuro-Kubi
10. 10. A Dead Secret
11. 11. Yuki-Onna
12. 12. The Story of Aoyagi
13. 13. Jiu-Roku-Zakura
14. 14. Riki-Baka
15. 15. Hi-Mawari
16. 16. Butterflies
17. 17. Mosquitoes
18. 18. Ants
19. 19. The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hōïchi
20. 20. Oshidori
21. 21. The Story of O-Tei