Das Kopfkissenbuch der Dame Sei Shonagon ist eines der bedeutendsten literarischen Werke Japans, das noch heute - 1.000 Jahre später - den Leser zu bezaubern vermag! Es ist eine Art Tagebuch und enthält Aufzeichnungen, die Sei Shonagon während ihrer Mußestunden als Hofdame am Heian-Hofe schrieb. Sie berichten darin Klatsch vom Kaiserhof, der viel zum Verständnis der Kultur jener Zeit beiträgt, und schildert das intime Leben und Treiben hinter den Bambusläden und Seidenvorhängen, mit all den lockeren erotischen Formen, die sich in der Hofwelt jener Zeit herausgebildet hatten. Die Heian-Zeit wird in bezaubernden Miniaturen lebendig!

In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living, and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

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