Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Illustration by Keishū Takénouchi
AuthorLafcadio Hearn
IllustratorKeishū Takénouchi
GenreHorror
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
Publication date
April 2, 1904

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan; also archaic romanized Kwaidan), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a 1964 film, Kwaidan, by Masaki Kobayashi.

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