Spirits surround us in the latest Illuminated Edition a tome of all the Japanese ghost stories and strange tales collected and translated by author Lafcadio Hearn and depicted by the majestic brushwork of artist Kent Williams. Brimming with over sixty illustrations, and featuring essays from Academy Awardwinning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, scholar Kyoko Yoshida and Hearns greatgrandson and director of the Lafcadio Hearn Museum Bon Koizumi, this oversized slipcase volume enraptures the imagination as it chills the blood. Drawn from Hearns two most celebrated books, Kwaidan and Shadowings, this new title constitutes a complete compendium of the otherworldly and macabre folk tales that Hearn collected and translated during his travels through Japan in the late 19th century. Kent Williams is an accomplished and multiple awardwining painter, comics artist, and draftsman, known for his richly textured and expressionist paintings. His illustrations sweep worlds of spirits across the page in an unsettling vibrant tumble. Corpse brides flesheating jikininki goblins the faceless mujina who haunt forgotten places the rokurokubi, who remove their heads at night all brought to life as never before under Williams visionary brush. A stunning and startling new entry in Beehive Books celebrated, awardwinning Illuminated Editions series. The edition is housed in a shimmering diecut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acidfree paper, and published in an oversized 9x12" trim...

Binding: Hardback;168 pages; Publisher: Beehive Books; Classification: DQ; Weight: 1810 g; Dimensions: 271 x 376 x 38

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