![]() ![]() During the latter half of the 19th century, American journalist Lafcadio Hearn became our. Hearn, from the Introduction to the book and Ava)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover, or other languages or formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit . Buy Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn for 29.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. ![]() Whether it has ever been written in Japanese I do not know but the extraordinary belief which it records used certainly to exist in most parts of Japan, and in many curious forms… The incident of "Riki-Baka" was a personal experience and I wrote it down almost exactly as it happened, changing only a family-name mentioned by the Japanese narrator. But the story-teller, in every case, has so recolored and reshaped his borrowing as to naturalize it… One queer tale, "Yuki-Onna," was told me by a farmer of Chofu, Nishitama-gori, in Musashi province, as a legend of his native village. Some of the stories may have had a Chinese origin: the very remarkable "Dream of Akinosuke," for example. Read 481 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A blind musician with amazing talent is called upon to perform for the dea. ![]() Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,- such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn Kwaidan book. Librivox recording of Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. ![]()
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