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Ghost Story of Yotsuya (Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan)

Ghost Story of Yotsuya (Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan)

There is a tradition in Japan to present ghost stories during the warm summer months. An 18th century kabuki play by Nanboku Tsuruya provided the most popular and durable storyline – that of an ambitious, would-be samurai named Iemon who marries and then murders Iwa, whose ghost returns to wreak revenge on her faithless [...]