A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition: From Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga

by Patrick Drazen

"Prepare for a sampling of Japanese ghosts and spirits, from sources that include the world's oldest novel, the urban legends of contemporary Japanese schoolchildren, movies both classic and modern, anime, manga, and more." For hundreds of years Japan has lived in a reality consisting of the real world and the spirit world; sometimes the wall between the two worlds gets thin enough for spirits to cross over. In such a reality, ghost stories have been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462029426
• ISBN13: 9781462029426
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"