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The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan by Noboru Wada, William Scott Wilson, Haruna Wada is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An extraordinary collection of Japanese folk tales, many in English for the first time! This book contains 79 stories from the Japanese collection Tales from Shinshu, compiled and edited by award-winning author Noboru Wada. It features traditional tales of yokai, ghosts, mountain witches, demons and apparitions frequently sighted in and around the mountainous Shinshu region in central Japan, such as: The Legend of the Snow Woman: Minokichi and his father shelter from a blizzard in a mountain hut. The father falls asleep and a beautiful woman appears at the door, saying she has loved Minokichi from afar. She soon disappears, but after making him promise never to speak of this evening. As she vanishes, Minokichi''s father spits blood and dies. Years later, a beautiful woman, Koyuki, appears at Minokichi''s door during a snowstorm. They fall in love, marry and live happily with their five children. One snowy night, Minokichi tells her about the mysterious death of his father. Koyuki breaks into a rage, screaming that he promised never to speak about it, and says if it wasn''t for their children, she would kill him too. She runs out into the blizzard and is never seen again. The Demon

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Author

Noboru Wada, William Scott Wilson, Haruna Wada

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781462924738

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fantasy, Fiction, Folklore