Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese Ghost Stories

This unique manga mixes illustrated versions of classic Japanese ghosts stories with a biography of Lafcadio Hearn, the man who first collected them together in Meiji era Japan. Hearn lived in Japan from 1890 to his death in 1904 ? in that time he collected together Japanese ghosts, myths and folk stories. Including the story of a man who's ears were pulled off by a ghost, MIMI-NASHI-HOICHI; a man who spends a terrifying night with his dead wife, CORPSE RIDER; a beautiful woman who comes alive from a painting, THE SCREEN MAIDEN; and a life giving stream, THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.This book shows us manga versions of ten of those classic Japanese ghost stories, intermingled with the biography of Hearn, showing the ups and downs of his life as a gajin in Japan at the end of the 19th Century. The manga is an unusual collaboration between a Japanese artist, Haruka Miyabi, and a British writer, Sean Michael Wilson.Book includes 6 page bonus story by Akiko Shimojima "A Dead Secret" in both Japanese and English.Wilson, Sean Michael is the author of 'Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese Ghost Stories', published 2007 under ISBN 9780978880439 and ISBN 0978880439.