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| Haunted Tales of the Tokugawa |
| In 1590 AD the Hojo clan was overthrown at the Battle of Odawara by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His second in command, and future Shogun of all Japan, Tokugawa Iyeyasu, was given authority over the captured territory. Over time, the glory of conquest became overshadowed by the lingering stories of haunted occurrences. This collection of traditional Japanese horror stories is comprised of two volumes, Yotsuya Kwaidan and Bakemono Yashiki. Included in this version is the adventure of a girl who, along with her friend and the ghost of her dead sister, tries to protect her family treasure from thieves seeking to plunder it for their own. The edition is edited and revised from the original 1921 James S. De Benneville version, which was based on his research and oral records of Japanese folk tales. |
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