as women and servants. This vengeance is usually specifically targeted against the tormentor, but can sometimes be a general hatred toward all living humans. This untargeted wrath can be seen in Furisode, a story in Hearn's book In Ghostly Japan about a cursed kimono that kills everyone who wears it. This motif is repeated in the film Ring with a videotape that kills all who watch it, and the film franchise Ju-on with a house that kills all who enter it. Kaidan also frequently involve water as a ghostly element. In Japanese religion, water is a pathway to the underworld as can be seen in the festival of Obon. See also Yose Glen Grant Japanese horror Japanese mythology Junji Ito Obake Shigeru Mizuki The Unbelievable Yōkai Yūrei Aesop's Fables External links Ghoul Power - Onryou in the Movies Japanzine By Jon Wilks Tales of Ghostly Japan Japanzine By Zack Davisson Japanese GhostsMangajin #40 by Tim Screech Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. A site with several kaidan. Asian Folklore Studies: The Appeal of Kaidan Tales of the Strange. Information on The Kaidan Suite, a musical interpretation of kaidan by the Kitsune Ensemble. Hyakumonogatari.com A website of translated kaidan TheJapaneseHorror.com Website with several translated Kaidan Buddhist folklore Japanese folklore Japanese words and phrases