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Ghost stories · Folklore · Japan

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

By Lafcadio Hearn

Strange encounters at the edge of the everyday.

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BETWEEN THE COVERS

About the book

Lafcadio Hearn gathers tales of uncanny encounters, remembered promises and lives touched by the supernatural. Familiar settings become places where human wishes meet forces beyond their understanding. The collection brings ghost stories together with studies of insects and the beliefs surrounding them.

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29 chapters · English
  1. 01KWAIDAN:Free
  2. 02THE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HŌÏCHIFree
  3. 03OSHIDORIFree
  4. 04THE STORY OF O-TEIFree
  5. 05UBAZAKURAUS$0.20
  6. 06DIPLOMACYUS$0.20
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  1. 07OF A MIRROR AND A BELLUS$0.20 ↗
  2. 08JIKININKIUS$0.20 ↗
  3. 09MUJINAUS$0.20 ↗
  4. 10ROKURO-KUBIUS$0.20 ↗
  5. 11A DEAD SECRETUS$0.20 ↗
  6. 12YUKI-ONNAUS$0.20 ↗
  7. 13THE STORY OF AOYAGIUS$0.20 ↗
  8. 14Jiu-roku-zakuraUS$0.20 ↗
  9. 15THE DREAM OF AKINOSUKÉUS$0.20 ↗
  10. 16RIKI-BAKAUS$0.20 ↗
  11. 17HI-MAWARIUS$0.20 ↗
  12. 18HŌRAIUS$0.20 ↗
  13. 19THE STORY OF MIMI-NASHI-HŌÏCHIUS$0.20 ↗
  14. 20OSHIDORIUS$0.20 ↗
  15. 21THE STORY OF O-TEIUS$0.20 ↗
  16. 22JIKININKIUS$0.20 ↗
  17. 23MUJINAUS$0.20 ↗
  18. 24ROKURO-KUBIUS$0.20 ↗
  19. 25A DEAD SECRETUS$0.20 ↗
  20. 26YUKI-ONNAUS$0.20 ↗
  21. 27THE STORY OF AOYAGIUS$0.20 ↗
  22. 28THE DREAM OF AKINOSUKÉUS$0.20 ↗
  23. 29RIKI-BAKAUS$0.20 ↗

A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE BOOK

Places, people & ideas.

01 / Form

Stories and studies

The collection moves between supernatural tales and close attention to the natural world. Each piece offers a different point of entry.

02 / Ideas

Promises and memory

Watch how an encounter can draw its force from something remembered, desired or left unfinished.

03 / Reading note

Let each story settle

These tales reward attention to a small gesture, a sound or a change in the setting.

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THE NAME BEHIND THE BOOK

Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn was a writer and journalist who made his home in Japan and became known there as Koizumi Yakumo. His books introduced many English-language readers to Japanese stories, customs and everyday life.

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