Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs
Lafcadio Hearn
Old Japanese tales of living ghosts, haunted waterfalls and spirit possession, retold by Lafcadio Hearn. The book also includes his essays on fireflies, dreams and the folk beliefs of everyday Japan.
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