Orikuchi Shinobu (1887–1953) was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, historian, novelist and poet whose writings profoundly shaped the ways that modern Japan views its premodern past. He is one of the founders of modern folklore studies in Japan.
A gothic tale of love between a noblewoman and a ghost in eighth century Japan, translated by Jeffrey Angles.
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