怪し噺（文庫） / 大和堂

At the end of a rendezvous with a beautiful woman met on the night of the spirit-sending festival, lost in memories of a departed wife...The towering masterpiece of Edo ghost stories, "The Peony Lantern," still renowned today; a light burning in the supposedly empty castle keep in "The Lord of Himeji Castle in Banshu"; a promise of a crimson obi that toys with two sisters in "The Scarlet Obi"; a miraculous medicine left by a mischievous tanuki in exchange for a hand in "The Medicine Taught by the Tanuki"; and a terrifying night where a black-clad woman approaches through each sliding door in "The Woman Painted in Black." This collection features thirty-eight carefully selected stories from a ghost story anthology published in the early Edo period, translated into modern language.Accompanied by the exquisite illustrations of painter Masaki Kuki, this volume compiles mysteriously captivating, gem-like tales.*Note: This is a compilation of all four volumes of the A5-sized "Mysterious Tales" produced and published between 2017 and 2024, with six newly added stories.