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Japanese culture has fascinated the West ever since the country’s doors opened up in the 1800s. In many ways, Japan has remained elusive, and people have travelled from all around the world to see for themselves how unique this nation remains. Another way of exploring this enigmatic culture is through its literature. The English language succeeds surprisingly well in revealing the Japanese sense of life.

In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods.

In Ghostly Japan collects 12 ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation. While some of these stories contain nightmare imagery worthy of a midnight creature feature, others are not ghostly or ghastly at all. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on verse, and "Japanese Buddhist Proverbs" explains the meaning of several aphorisms based on Japanese cultural references.

Together, these three volumes form an essential collection for anyone fascinated by mythology, folklore, and the cultural heritage of Japan. Each story in this anthology is not just a tale. It's a window into the ancient soul of Japan, its people, and its enduring legacy.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

What happens when an evil queen envies a princess for her beauty? How does the poor son of a farmer become the killer of giants? And what price is too high for a mermaid to become a human?

Sixteen classic stories from masters of the genre: "The Judge's House", by Bram Stoker; "A Jug of Sirup", by Ambrose Bierce; "The Reconciliation", by Lafcadio Hearn; "The Woman With a Candle" by W. Bourne Cooke; "The Ebony Frame", by E. Nesbit; "On the Northern Ice", by Elia W. Peattie; "The Haunted Doll's House", by M. R. James; "The Old House in Vauxhall Walk", by Charlotte Riddell; "The Underground Ghost", by John Berwick Harwood; "Haunted", by Anon (from Tinsley's Annual); plus five more....

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

In modern society writing a letter, on paper, is almost unheard of. We all scribble notes and reminders but very rarely compose our thoughts in lengthy prose for another person to read. In this volume our talented authors bring us a plethora of narratives that centre themselves on how vital a few lines are to characters navigating through the twists and turns of a story.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

Una nueva colección de relatos fantasmales donde el terror no está reñido con la profunda enseñanza budista. En esta antología, Lafcadio Hearn vuelve a poner toda la maestría de su pluma al servicio de historias de espectros del Japón tradicional, entre quimonos poseídos, espíritus despechados, amantes que regresan de la tumba y espíritus de la naturaleza que nos advierten de los peligros del camino.

Una colección de cuentos y textos breves donde el terror y el intimismo se mezclan de la mano de uno de los maestros del cuento de terror japonés, Lafcadio Hearn. En ella, el autor presenta una serie de historias escalofriantes repletas de leyendas de amor y espectros, desde el canto de una cigarra hasta un detallado estudio de la yobina; a la vez que clama una vez más su amor por su país de adopción.

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a writer, critic and journalist. His novel, Chita: A Memory of Last Island, is about a young girl, Chita, who survives a devastating tropical storm. Last Island, a holiday resort in the Gulf of Mexico, is destroyed by the hurricane that kills Chita’s mother and leaves her adrift at sea. Chita is saved and adopted by a Spanish fisherman, Feliu, and his wife, Carmen, a religious woman who perceives the baby as a gift from God.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

やさしい英語で書かれた世界の名作小説を、BGMと効果音にのせてラジオドラマ仕立てでお届けします。ラフカディオ・ハーンは、日本名の小泉八雲でもおなじみです。1850年ギリシャ生まれ。両親の離婚で大叔母に引き取られ、イギリスで教育を受けます。1890年に来日し、英語の教師として赴任した島根県でセツと出会い結婚。その後、熊本、神戸、東京などを教師や記者などをしながら転々とし、数々の随筆を残して日本的情緒を世界に紹介しました。この作品はハーンの代表作の「怪談」の中の一編です。ハーンの英文は、明快で平易ながら、さまざまな技巧が凝らされています。

ろくろ首には、大きく分けると、首が伸びるものと、首が抜け頭部が自由に飛行するものの2種が存在します。さて、小泉八雲の『ろくろ首』に登場するのは……。なんとも不気味で不思議な話です。

小泉八雲(ラフカディオ・ハーン)の怪談小説。死者の霊にとり憑かれた盲目の芳一を守るため、住職と納所とで芳一を裸にし、筆を以て芳一の、胸、背、頭、顔、頸、手足…、身体中どこといわず、足の裏にさえも般若心経というお経の文句を書きつけた。忘れた箇所はないのか…!?住職の言いつけどおり芳一は、縁側に坐り、迎えの霊が来ても、動きもせず、口も利かず静かに坐っていたが……。さて、うまく危険は回避することができたのか…?あまりにも有名な怪談の歴史的傑作『耳無芳一の話』をオーディオブックにしました! (C)2008青空文庫

「・・このことを だれにも いっては いけないよ・・・・」 少年は、うつくしい女のそのいいつけを、成長し、青年となり、妻を娶り、子をなしてもずっと守りつづけていたのでした。それを、ある日、妻にもらしてしまいます・・・。 オーディオブックヒット作「羅生門」ドラマバージョンを制作したスタッフたちが、再びドラマバージョンにチャレンジしました。余談ながら、この物語のもととなったのは、 現在の東京都青梅市中部多摩川沿いの地方での言い伝えであったようです。現代は、ずいぶんと暖かくなったものです。(C)ことのは出版「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

この『雪女』は小泉八雲が民話をもとに書いたものですが、今あらためて内容にふれてみると、情景・心情描写がとても精緻で、非常に優れた名作であることが分かります。美しくも儚く、そして冷酷。決して口にしてはならない雪女とのタブー。二人の愛の結末は…? その後の「雪女」像の印象を決定づけた小泉八雲の有名な怪談物語を本オーディオブックでお楽しみください。何か素敵な再発見を期待して。

ある夜、ひとりで帰路を急ぐ男は、紀伊国坂の闇の中でさめざめと泣くお女中と出くわす。狢が出ると恐れられているこんな場所に若い女がひとりでいるのはよくないと、親切心から声をかけた男だったが……。朗読者の中村恵子は、２００４年夏のあいぶんこ朗読ライブでも「狢」を演じており、そのときには怖がって泣き出した観客もいたほど。ここでは、ライブとはまた異なる翻訳を用い、読みにくい文章に果敢に挑戦しています。（C)アイ文庫　「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」