Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs (1903) - Page 13

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OLD STORIES:
I. The Legend of Yurei-Daki Japanese: "Ghost Waterfall"	3
II. In a Cup of Tea	9
III. Common Sense	19
IV. Ikiryō A "living ghost"; the spirit of a person that leaves their body while they are still alive, often due to intense jealousy or anger.	29
V. Shiryō A "dead spirit"; the ghost of a person who has passed away.	37
VI. The Story of O-Kamé	45
VII. Story of a Fly	55
VIII. Story of a Pheasant	63
IX. The Story of Chūgorō	71
A WOMAN’S DIARY	83
HEIKÉ-GANI Japanese: "Heike Crabs." These crabs have shells that resemble the faces of samurai; legend says they are the spirits of the Heike clan warriors who died at the Battle of Dan-no-ura.	129
FIREFLIES	135
A DROP OF DEW	171
GAKI In Buddhist mythology, these are "hungry ghosts"—beings who are cursed with eternal, insatiable hunger and thirst as punishment for their greed in a previous life.	179
A MATTER OF CUSTOM	201
REVERY Modern spelling: Reverie; a state of being lost in one's thoughts or a daydream.	207
PATHOLOGICAL	217
IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT	225
KUSA-HIBARI Japanese: "Grass-Lark"; a species of small cricket whose chirping is admired in Japan.	235
THE EATER OF DREAMS Refers to the Baku, a Japanese mythological creature that is said to devour nightmares.	243

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