Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

RIKI-BAKA original: "Riki-Baka" (Riki the Simpleton; baka means fool or simpleton) . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

HI-MAWARI original: "Hi-mawari" (Sunflower) . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

HŌRAI original: "Hōrai" (The Japanese version of the mythical Mount Penglai; a paradise of eternal youth and immortality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

INSECT-STUDIES

BUTTERFLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

MOSQUITOES . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

ANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213