O-Iwa’s Curse: Apparitions and their After-Effects in the Yotsuya kaidan

In traditional Japanese theater, ghosts appear in the shadowlands between the visible and the invisible. They often try to approach those who harmed or abused them in life to seek revenge with the aid of supernatural powers. In such scenes, the dead are visible as a sign of impending doom only to th...

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Main Author: SAITŌ, Takashi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2018
In: Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Pages: 24-37
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