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Japanese Ghost Stories

Japanese Ghost Stories

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This collection of Japanese ghost stories features vengeful spirits, mountain-dwelling phantoms, man-eating oni, haunted trees, and child-rearing ghosts, such as Yuki-Onna, Hoichi the Earless, The Ghost of O-Kiku, and The Peony Lantern. 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. Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves, mechanical men, vampires, villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations, and escapist fantasies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 24 October 2023
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing


This collection of Japanese ghost stories, with a new introduction, brings together a fantastic array of tales featuring vengeful spirits, mountain-dwelling phantoms, man-eating oni, haunted trees, and child-rearing ghosts. Among the captivating stories included are Yuki-Onna, Hoichi the Earless, The Ghost of O-Kiku from The Bancho Sarayashiki, the sorrowful tale of O-Iwa from the Yotsuya Kaidan, The Peony Lantern, and The Ghost Who Bought Candy. Japan has a rich and ancient tradition of sharing stories of the supernatural, which gained prominence in the Kaidan literature of the Edo period. Presented here for the modern reader, this collection offers a delectable blend of supernatural, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Flame Tree 451 is a treasure trove of tales, offering a diverse range of content that caters to the reader's appetite for the fantastic. From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy, and science fiction, this anthology provides a healthy serving of werewolves, mechanical men, blood-thirsty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations, and escapist fantasies. Discover a wealth of tales meticulously curated for the discerning reader of the extraordinary.

Weight: 246g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804175927
Edition number: New ed

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