In Ghostly Japan
Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn collects Japanese ghost stories, Buddhist legends and folk beliefs about the dead, from haunted kimonos to the Mountain of Skulls. A companion to Kwaidan, with the original Japanese illustrations.
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