The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan [単行本]

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  『妖怪変化の話 信州むかし語り1・信州むかし語り5』（しなのき書房刊）英訳版

• 内容紹介

  An extraordinary collection of Japanese ghost stories, many in English for the first time!
  
  This spine-chilling anthology of 77 spooky stories from the Japanese collection Tales from Shinshu is 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.
  
  The terrifying tales in this collection include:
  ◎The Legend of the Snow Woman: A beautiful woman appears at Minokichi's door one night in a snowstorm. They marry and live happily, until one day her terrible secret is revealed.
  ◎Kappa Taro: A legendary yokai terrifies villagers by luring them into a pond, where they drown. Can Suwa Yorito, famed for his strength, successfully challenge this terrifying demon?
  ◎The Yamamba Witch's Daughter: Who would ever dream of marrying a mountain witch? Can the Yamamba's daughter find the love and happiness she seeks?
  
  These stories are well-known throughout Japan and are believed by the inhabitants of Shinshu to have actually occurred in the distant past.
  
  信州の民話・伝説などを集成した「信州むかし語りシリーズ」の英訳版。

• 著者について

  Noboru Wada (ワダ ノボル)
  Noboru Wada was born in Nagano. In 1977, he received the first Kenjiro Tsukahara Literary Award for his work The Fortress of Sorrow. In 2005, he won the Sankei Award for his book Weapons Can't Save the Earth. In addition to anti-war and anti-discrimination children's books, he has written biographies, ghost stories and science fiction for children. From 2011 - 2017 he was director of the Kurohime Fairy Tales Museum in Nagano.
  
  William Scott Wilson (ウィリアム スコット ウィルソン)
  William Scott Wilson has worked as a translator and cultural advisor for the Japanese Consul-General in Seattle, a teacher of Japanese language and social studies, and a guide for Japanese tourists. He has written over 20 books that have been translated into 21 languages. He was awarded a Commendation from the Foreign Ministry of Japan in 2005 and inducted into the Order of the Rising Sun in 2015.

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