[PDF] Kwaidan Tales Of Japans Ghostly Past eBook

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486120929

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From America's great interpreter of all things Japanese — 20 supernatural tales teeming with undead samurais, man-eating goblins and other terrifying demons. Includes 22 illustrations.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1786564009

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This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Lafcadio Hearn’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Hearn includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Hearn’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. Most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. The author 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. Riki-Baka is based on a personal experience of the author._x000D_ Table of Contetns:_x000D_ The Story of Mimi-nashiHōichi_x000D_ Oshidori_x000D_ The Story of O-Tei_x000D_ Ubazakura_x000D_ Diplomacy_x000D_ Of a Mirror and a Bell_x000D_ Jikininki_x000D_ Mujina_x000D_ Rokurokubi_x000D_ A Dead Secret_x000D_ Yuki-Onna_x000D_ The Story of Aoyagi_x000D_ Jiu-Roku-Zakura_x000D_ The Dream of Akinosuke_x000D_ Riki-Baka_x000D_ Hi-Mawari_x000D_ Hōrai_x000D_ In the last half of the book, Hearn lists collected Chinese/Japanese superstitions and his own personal thoughts on various members of the insect world._x000D_ Butterflies: Personification of the human soul._x000D_ Mosquitoes: Karmic reincarnation of jealous or greedy people in the form of Jiki-ketsu-gaki or "blood-drinking pretas"._x000D_ Ants: Mankind's superior in terms of chastity, ethics, social structure, longevity and evolution.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : Manga University
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 4921205787

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Undead samurai! Possessed Buddhist priests! The reanimated corpses of geisha brides! Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanese ghost stories receive a Manga University makeover in this collection of 17 tales of terror, each lavishly illustrated with ethereal, bone-chilling artwork by Japanese horror specialist Maki Miyamoto. Compiled and first translated into English more than a century ago, this is the definitive compendium of Japanese tales of the supernatural.

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2018-02-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9789387693036

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A classic collection of spooky stories about spirits and goblins from ancient Japan. In the late 1800s, Lafcadio Hearn collected and retold strange and wonderful ghostly tales from old Japanese legends. In these stories, a blind poet must perform for members of a dead royal family; an old man gives up his life in exchange for blossoms on a wilting cherry tree; a man trying to comfort a strange woman crying in the dark recoils in horror on seeing her face; and a mandarin duck haunts the hunter who shot her companion. These are timeless and hair-raising stories in which humans and ghostly creatures co-exist. This new edition, with an introduction by Ruskin Bond, will leave readers spellbound.

Author : Eryk Salvaggio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Americans
ISBN : 9781489596987

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Most books about Japan will tell you how to use chopsticks and say "konnichiwa!" Few honestly tackle the existential angst of living in a radically foreign culture. The author, a three-year resident and researcher of Japan, tackles the thousand tiny uncertainties of living abroad. -- Adapted from back cover

Author : Lafcadio Hearn
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781437897852

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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Hearn was born in Lefkada, one of the Greek Ionian Islands. He was the son of Surgeon-major Charles Hearn (of King's County, Ireland) and Rosa Antonia Kassimati, who had been born on Kythera, another of the Ionian Islands. In 1890, Hearn went to Japan with a commission as a newspaper correspondent, which was quickly broken off. It was in Japan, however, that he found his home and his greatest inspiration.