We offer the domestic reader a brilliant translation by Arkady Strugatsky of a play about ghosts from the repertoire of the Japanese Kabuki theater. It was recorded in the 30s of the 19th century and immediately brought success to its author. The narrative, framed by fascinating pictures of the customs of old Japan, contains two storylines, the alternation of which keeps the reader in constant suspense and will not allow you to put the book down without finishing it.