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画工と幽霊The Painter and the Ghost
Gakō to Yūrei
by 岡本 綺堂 · Okamoto Kidō
A painter's encounter with a ghost inspires his art in this eerie tale.
About this story
A painter recounts his eerie encounter with a ghost at a nobleman's villa in the English countryside.
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Source
This text comes from Aozora Bunko (青空文庫), the volunteer-run library of Japanese writing that is out of copyright. See this work on Aozora Bunko
Base edition (底本): 「飛騨の怪談 新編 綺堂怪奇名作選」メディアファクトリー
2008(平成20)年3月5日初版第1刷発行
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