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Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and this was, to the best of his knowledge, the first record of it.
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Kwaidan, Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and this was, to the best of his knowledge, the first record of it.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781515433330 |
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Publisher: | Wilder Publications |
Publication date: | 04/03/2018 |
Pages: | 92 |
Sales rank: | 744,272 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d) |
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