Japanese Ghost

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.

Emma Hooper thought coming home to small-town life and the family farm would give her a chance to rest and recover from a traumatic accident. But that was before she started seeing ghosts. It was before Grandma Hooper started singing on the roof, and it was way, way before anybody spotted a ghost in a 19th-century cavalry uniform coming out of an outhouse. Can Emma learn to handle her newfound ability to see spirits, while figuring out a confusing relationship with the handsome local doctor? All while solving the ghastly murder of Preacher Jacob?

Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet.

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.

A wonderful collection of spine-tingling ghost stories and thought-provoking essays on insects. This new version has an introduction "Hearn and Japan", which details the continuing influence of Hearn on contemporary Japan.

Japanese folklore is abundant with tales of ghostly creatures and the supernatural. In Haunted Japan, author Catrien Ross reveals the legends that have been passed down for generations and continue to terrify us today.

In the shadowed corridors of Himeji Castle, forbidden love blooms between the servant Okiku and a prisoner, the enigmatic ronin Shinji. Okiku’s duties and desires collide as she’s torn between loyalty and longing. Yet Aoyama Tessan, a samurai with dark obsessions, covets her fiercely. When a plate goes missing, betrayal, jealousy, and murder unravel Okiku’s life, thrusting her into a nightmare beyond death. Returning as an onryou, her vengeance is bound to her love—but will fury consume her soul?

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.

少しだけ不思議な力を持つ、中学校の国語教師・檀(だん)と、女子生徒の書いている風変わりな小説原稿。 生徒の些細な校則違反をきっかけに、檀先生は思わぬ出来事に巻き込まれていく。

In Hillbilly Hollow, even the dead want the last word...When an eccentric local artist meets an untimely end during the annual Flower Festival, Emma gets pulled into two cases at once. First, the murder investigation. Second, the hunt for a dangerous burglar who has the whole town on edge. After all-brawn-and-no-brains Sheriff Tucker declares the death an accident, Emma's search for the killer hits a dead end... until a vengeful ghost comes calling. Can Emma decipher the mad ramblings of the disgruntled spirit?

≪ミステリ・フロンティア≫創刊10周年記念作品静かな感動に満ちた、青春ミステリの新たなる傑作 高校入学から一月が過ぎたころ、ある失敗をきっかけに孤立し、今ではクラス内で「幽霊」と言われている一居士架。誰とも話せない、話しかけられることもない架の高校生活は、ある日の席替えで玖波高町が前の席になったことから変わりはじめる。文化祭の研究発表のための調べ物を手伝わないかと声を掛けてきた高町と、放課後の図書室でともに過ごすようになった架は、彼女の意図を汲みかねながらも、久々に誰かと話す時間に安らぎを見出していた。一方、二人の通う高校の敷地内では、蝶結びのサインを残した動物の死体が続けて発見され、高町は何か気がかりを抱える様子を見せるようになるが……。

10月14日からドラマ（TBS日曜劇場）がスタートする大人気シリーズ第３弾！

When her cozy hometown is visited by death, Emma's investigative skills are enlisted by a secretive ghost. But with the uncooperative spirit holding so much back, and with the handsome local doctor pressing Emma for answers, will she ever get to the bottom of the case? Or will the Hollow be forever haunted by the secrets of the past?

A ghostly visit from her former landlady draws Emma away from sleepy little Hillbilly Hollow to investigate a murder in the big city. But what seems like a straightforward case soon becomes entangled with an event from Emma's past and a personal quest for justice. With the attractive but bungling Sheriff Tucker at her side, will Emma be tempted by the chance to avenge an old wrong?

A family had an experience and finally lost their child. This true story presents their incredible haunted experience.

ウェールズの貴族・タルボット卿から謎の招待状を受け取ったアリスは、P・P・ジュニア、琉生とともに、イギリスへ。ロンドンの空港に着くと、待ち合わせをしていたシャーリー・ホームズが行方不明になっていた！！

主人公ナタニエルは、幼い頃母親から子供の目玉を奪っていくという砂男の話を聞かされ、その実在を信じるようになる…自動人形・二重人格など怪奇小説の古典「砂男」を2人語りラジオドラマ化。

怪談文芸の大家としても知られた田中貢太郎が二十年の歳月を費やして集め得た、 怪異恐怖記録の集大成 第六弾、27話収録

私が最初に怪談に筆をつけたのは、大正七年であった。それは『魚の妖・蟲の怪』と云う、中央公論に載せたもので、『岩魚の怪』と『蠅供養』の二つからなっていた。 ところで、幸か不幸か、其の怪談の評判がよかったので、彼方此方から怪談を頼まれるようになって、長い間怪談ばかり書いた。それは私が支那の怪談が好きで、晉唐小説六十種、剪燈新話、聊齋志異などと云うような物を手あたりしだいに読んでいた関係から、怪談に特殊な興味を覚えていたことも原因しているのであろう…… 田中貢太郎は「日本怪談全集」の序文でこう語っています。怪談文学の第一人者ともいえる田中貢太郎が、二十年に渡って書き上げてきた作品を蒐集した「日本怪談全集　第六巻」。

「榛名湖物語」 天正十三年十二月二十七日、榛名湖畔に雪が来て、間もなく湖の水も凍ろうとしているときのこと。狩り装束をした十余人の者たちが湖畔から天神峠の下にやって来た。...

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入ると命がヤバくなる！？
命をかけないと入れない！？

怪談文芸の大家としても知られた田中貢太郎が二十年の歳月を費やして蒐集した　怪異恐怖記録の集大成...