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Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan
"Even as she screamed, her voice became thin, like a crying of wind; then she melted into a bright white mist that spired to the roof beams. Never again was she seen."

Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan (which means "ghost story" in Japanese) is the first and most famous collection of Japanese yokai stories ever published. This unforgettable collection of 17 eerie tales and 3 original cultural studies by Hearn are based on traditional oral tales passed down for generations. They are fresh reminders of the dark and mysterious corners of the Japanese psyche, from popular representations in anime, manga and video games to Masaki Kobayashi's Oscar-nominated horror film Kwaidan.

This new edition includes over 20 full-color woodblock prints that showcase the rich visual tradition of Japanese Yokai. A new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster, the leading Western expert on Yokai literature, places the stories in context and explains the lasting importance of Hearn's pioneering look at Japan's bewitching spirit world.

The stories in this volume include: "Yuki-onna" -- A ghostly woman saves a man during a fierce snowstorm then gives him a deadly warning… "The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi" -- A musician is unwittingly called upon by a Samurai to perform for the dead, with bloody consequences. "Diplomacy" -- A Samurai warrior avoids the ghostly revenge of a man he intends to kill by outsmarting him before striking he strikes the death blow. Hearn is the best-known early Western interpreter of Japanese culture and was particularly interested in tales of the supernatural. He eagerly gathered "delicate, transparent, ghostly sketches" in his adopted land and translated them with gusto. His English versions were translated back into Japanese and are considered classics of Japanese literature to this day--eagerly devoured by Japanese school children.
Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories And Studies Of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories And Studies Of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Best Psychic Stories

The Best Psychic Stories

others, Hereward Carrington, Elsa Barker, Helena Blavatsky, various authors, Gambier Bolton, Lafcadio Hearn, George Wharton Edwards, Nizida, Ambrose Bierce, St. John D. Seymour, Jack London, William T. Stead, Algernon Blackwood, Katherine Rickford, Walter F. Prince, Edgar Allan Poe, Andrew Jackson Davis

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Unabridged)

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Unabridged)

Lafcadio Hearn

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Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

Selected Ghost Stories from Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Children of the Levee

Children of the Levee

Lafcadio Hearn

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Manga Yokai Stories

Manga Yokai Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Collected Ghost Stories

Collected Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Collected Ghost Stories

Collected Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Contes macabres du Japon

Contes macabres du Japon

Lafcadio Hearn, Sean Michael Wilson, Michiru Morikawa

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The Plague, Pestilence & Apocalypse MEGAPACK ®

The Plague, Pestilence & Apocalypse MEGAPACK ®

Robert Reed, Jack London, Edgar Wallace, Raymond F. Jones, Lafcadio Hearn

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The Third Ghost Story Megapack

The Third Ghost Story Megapack

Gertrude Atherton, F. Marion Crawford, Lafcadio Hearn, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, W.W. Jacobs, W. C. Morrow, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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The Second Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

The Second Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

M.R. James, Lafcadio Hearn

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Kokoro

Kokoro

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kokoro

Kokoro

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kotto

Kotto

Lafcadio Hearn

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Gleanings in Buddha Field

Gleanings in Buddha Field

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Chinese Ghost Stories

Chinese Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn

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Two Years in the French West Indies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Two Years in the French West Indies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Lafcadio Hearn

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Out of the East

Out of the East

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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In Ghostly Japan

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

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Chita

Chita

Lafcadio Hearn

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Exotics and Retrospectives

Exotics and Retrospectives

Lafcadio Hearn

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Shadowings

Shadowings

Lafcadio Hearn

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Romance of the Milky Way

Romance of the Milky Way

Lafcadio Hearn

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