The Screen Maiden

This episode features a Japanese story preserved by Lafcadio Hearn in his book titled, Shadowings which was published in 1900. Hearn also went by the pen name Koizumi Yakumo. His works focus on Japanese culture. His most famous work is, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things which was later made into the movie Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi.