Japanese Ghost Stories by Hiroko Yoda

Japanese Ghost Stories by Hiroko Yoda

With a new introduction, this collection of Japanese ghost stories brings together fantastic tales of vengeful spirits, mountain-dwelling phantoms, man-eating oni, haunted trees, and child-rearing ghosts, with stories such as Yuki-Onna, Hoichi the Earless, The Ghost of O-Kiku from The Bancho Sarayashiki, the sorry tale of O-Iwa from the Yotsuya Kaidan, The Peony Lantern and The Ghost Who Bought Candy. Japan has a long and ancient custom of sharing stories of the supernatural, brought to fashionable prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period, now presented here for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

A native of Tokyo, Japan, Hiroko Yoda (Introduction) is a translator, writer, folklorist and president of AltJapan Co., Ltd., which specializes in bringing Japanese entertainment to the wider world. She is the co-author of the popular trilogy Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide, Ninja Attack! True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws, and Yurei Attack! The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide (Tuttle, 2011). She is also the author of the upcoming Eight Million Ways to Happiness (Tiny Reparations, 2025).

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ISBN 13	9781804175927
ISBN 10	1804175927
Title	Japanese Ghost Stories
Author	Hiroko Yoda
Series	Ghost Stories
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Flame Tree Publishing
Year published	2023-10-24
Number of pages	256
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