Hearn, from the Introduction to the book)Īrchived from iTunes at. Whether it has ever been written in Japanese I do not know but the extraordinary belief which it records used certainly to exist in most parts of Japan, and in many curious forms… The incident of "Riki-Baka" was a personal experience and I wrote it down almost exactly as it happened, changing only a family-name mentioned by the Japanese narrator. But the story-teller, in every case, has so recolored and reshaped his borrowing as to naturalize it… One queer tale, "Yuki-Onna," was told me by a farmer of Chofu, Nishitama-gori, in Musashi province, as a legend of his native village.
Some of the stories may have had a Chinese origin: the very remarkable "Dream of Akinosuke," for example, is certainly from a Chinese source. This catalog page is provided by The Online Books Page, and the literature by Project Gutenberg.Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,- such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Minho : Universidade do Minho (Portugal).Readingrooms : Project Gutenberg Reading Rooms (Washington State, USA) Lafcadio Hearn Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Hardcover by Lafcadio Hearn (Author), Hiroshi Watanabe (Author), Paul Murray (Introduction) 248 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 34.85 8 Used from 12.69 15 New from 16.70 1 Collectible from 35.Main site Readingrooms UK Mirror Minho Pacific Additional formats may also be available from the main Gutenberg site. Kwaidan: Stories And Studies Of Strange Things / Lafcadio Hearn. Kwaidan includes ghost stories lik Earless Ho Ichi, a Biwa (Japanese PiPa) player and story teller of famous Heike legends, who was possesed by Heike (the warrior family once governed Japan then defeated) warriors ghosts because of his talent, and Mujina, bewitched racoon dogs which scare people to death.
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