About Yotsuya Kaidan
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and onryō (a revenant).
Arguably the most famous kaidan (Japanese ghost story) of all time, Yotsuya Kaidan has been adapted to film over 30 times and continues to influence Japanese horror today. Written in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku IV as a kabuki play, the original title was Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談, Ghost Story of Yotsuya in Tokaido). It is now generally shortened, and loosely translates as Ghost Story of Yotsuya.
