"The Mysterious Tale of Katsura River Waves"

...He performed under the name of "Originator, Stage Set, Set Up, and Ghost Stories. Hayashiya Shozo" and left behind four kusazoshi (stories of ghost stories), including "The Strange Tale of Katsura River Waves" (1835) and "The Ghost Tale of Spring Chicks" (1838). When he died, he asked to be cremated, and the story goes that fireworks set off on his coffin frightened visitors, which seems to suggest he was the originator of ghost stories. ...

*Some of the terminology used in "Kaidan Katsura River Waves" is listed below.

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…彼は，〈元祖･大道具･大仕掛･妖怪（ばけもの）ばなし。林屋正蔵〉の看板を掲げて興行し，《怪譚桂河浪（かいだんかつらのかわなみ）》(1835)，《怪談春雛鳥（はるのひなどり）》(1838)など，得意の怪談物の草双紙四部を残した。彼が没したとき，火葬にしてくれという遺言どおりにすると，棺桶に仕掛けてあった花火が来葬者をおびやかしたという逸話も怪談噺の元祖らしい。…

※「《怪譚桂河浪》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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