{"product_id":"kwaidan-stories-and-studies-of-strange-things-paperback-6","title":"Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKwaidan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories and Studies of Strange Things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJapanese Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, often shortened to Kwaidan, is a book by 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 movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaidan is Japanese for \"ghost story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHearn declares in his introduction to the first edition of the book, which he wrote on January 20, 1904, shortly before his death, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. He also states that one of the stories -- Yuki-onna -- was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and his was apparently the first record of it, both by his own account and according to the research of modern folklorists. Riki-Baka is based on a personal experience of Hearn's. While he does not declare it in his introduction, Hi-Mawari -- among the final narratives in the volume - seems to be a recollection of an experience in his childhood (it is, setting itself apart from almost all the others, written in the first person and set in rural Wales).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HOICHI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOSHIDORI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF O-TEI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUBAZAKURA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDIPLOMACY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOF A MIRROR AND A BELL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJIKININKI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMUJINA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eROKURO-KUBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA DEAD SECRET\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYUKI-ONNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STORY OF AOYAGI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJIU-ROKU-ZAKURA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE DREAM OF AKINOSUKE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRIKI-BAKA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHI-MAWARI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHORAI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINSECT STUDIES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUTTERFLIES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMOSQUITOES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eANTS \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 10 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115224240263,"sku":"9781534689220","price":12.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/05bc5eab3ed09848a3cd3340d7ae556e.webp?v=1732507222","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/kwaidan-stories-and-studies-of-strange-things-paperback-6","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}