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, often shortened to ''Kwaidan'', is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects.〔Brian Stableford, "Kwaidan", in Frank N. Magill, ed. ''Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature'', Vol 2. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, Inc., 1983, ISBN 0-89356-450-8 (pp. 859-860).〕 It was later used as the basis for a movie called ''Kwaidan'' by Masaki Kobayashi in 1964. ''Kaidan'' is Japanese for "ghost story". ==Stories== Hearn declares in his introduction to the first edition of the book, which he wrote on January 20, 1904, shortly before his death, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts. He also states that one of the stories — ''Yuki-onna'' — was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and his was apparently the first record of it, both by his own account and according to the research of modern folklorists. ''Riki-Baka'' is based on a personal experience of Hearn's. While he does not declare it in his introduction, ''Hi-Mawari'' — among the final narratives in the volume – seems to be a recollection of an experience in his childhood (it is, setting itself apart from almost all the others, written in the first person and set in rural Wales). *''The Story of Mimi-nashi Hōichi'' *''Oshidori'' *''The Story of O-Tei'' *''Ubazakura'' *''Diplomacy'' *''Of a Mirror and a Bell'' *''Jikininki'' *''Mujina'' *''Rokurokubi'' (description of ''folktale'') *''A Dead Secret'' *''Yuki-Onna *''The Story of Aoyagi'' *''Jiu-Roku-Zakura'' *''The Dream of Akinosuke'' *''Riki-Baka'' *''Hi-Mawari'' *''Hōrai'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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