Jiro Tsunoda's version of Kaidan. Yuki-onna, Hoichi Miminashi (Hoichi the Earless), Rokurokubi. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, aka Koizumi Yakumo, revived these ghost stories in the Meiji era by scouring Japanese classical literature and collecting folklore.

From his works such as "Kaidan" and "Kotto", Jiro Tsunoda, a leading occult mangaka, has carefully selected 15 must-read stories to present this definitive collection of Yakumo's works.

• Won the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in 1997