![Kwaidan - Lafcadio Hearn - Books - Independently Published - 9798683606602 - September 14, 2020](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/602/9798683606602.jpg?lafcadio-hearn-2020-kwaidan-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1694471812)
Tell your friends about this item:
Kwaidan
Lafcadio Hearn
Kwaidan
Lafcadio Hearn
More than seven hundred years ago, at Dan-no-ura, in the Straits of Shimonoseki, was fought the last battle of the long contest between the Heike, or Taira clan, and the Genji, or Minamoto clan. There the Heike perished utterly, with their women and children, and their infant emperor likewise-now remembered as Antoku Tenno. And that sea and shore have been haunted for seven hundred years... Elsewhere I told you about the strange crabs found there, called Heike crabs, which have human faces on their backs, and are said to be the spirits of the Heike warriors . But there are many strange things to be seen and heard along that coast. On dark nights thousands of ghostly fires hover about the beach, or flit above the waves, -pale lights which the fishermen call Oni-bi, or demon-fires; and, whenever the winds are up, a sound of great shouting comes from that sea, like a clamor of battle
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 14, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9798683606602 |
Publishers | Independently Published |
Pages | 148 |
Dimensions | 178 × 254 × 8 mm · 267 g |
Language | English |
More by Lafcadio Hearn
Others have also bought
More from this series
See all of Lafcadio Hearn ( e.g. Paperback Book , Hardcover Book , Book and CD )