Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn

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The dead take revenge on the living, paintings come to life, ghostly brides possess mortals, and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories told by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew attention to the ghosts and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore—including the headless rokuro kubi, the monstrous "jikininki" or faceless "mujina" goblins that roam lonely neighborhoods—and filled them with his memories of his haunted childhood. in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of awesome and uncanny power. Today they are considered independent classics in Japan.