Japanese Ghost Stories - Lafcadio HearnThe dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore including the headless 'rokuro kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods and infused them with his own