As the head wife of a Japanese feudal lord dies, she expresses her jealousy of his favorite concubine in the form of a terrible supernatural curse.
First published in In Ghostly Japan (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1899).
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1899 | In Ghostly Japan | Little, Brown | Collection | 203 | |
| 1911 | In Ghostly Japan | Little, Brown | Collection | 205 | |
| March 1965 | 50 Great Oriental Stories | Bantam Books | Anthology | 166 | |
| October 1975 |
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The Ghost's Companion | Gollancz | Anthology | 80 |
| 1976 |
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The Ghost's Companion | Taplinger | Anthology | 80 |
| 1980 |
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Fantômes du Japon | Union générale d'éditions | Collection | 153 |
| October 1993 |
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Le mangeur de rêves | 10/18 | Collection | 223 |
| 1997 |
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Ghost Stories and Other Horrid Tales | The Folio Society | Anthology | |
| June 2004 |
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In Ghostly Japan | Capricorn Publishing | Collection | |
| May 2005 | In Ghostly Japan | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |12 | |
| August 2006 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |
| September 2006 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | 343 |
| June 2007 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Fall River Press | Anthology | 211 |
| April 2010 |
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Nightmare-Touch | Tartarus Press | Collection | |
| June 2011 |
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In Ghostly Japan | Tuttle Publishing | Collection | 205 |
| April 2013 |
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In Ghostly Japan | CreateSpace | Collection | 62 |
| March 2019 |
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Short Stories | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 195 |
| July 2019 |
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Japanese Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 61 |
| July 2019 |
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Japanese Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |10 |
| March 2021 |
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In Ghostly Japan: Japanese Legends of Ghosts, Yokai, Yurei and Other Oddities | Tuttle Publishing | Collection | 163 |
| February 2022 |
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Asian Ghost Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 79 |
| November 2023 |
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Japanese Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 69 |