Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan; also Kwaidan (archaic)), 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.