Concept and Creation
While participating in the creation of Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, Hiroshi Aramata was inspired by discussions with anthropologist Komatsu Kazuhiko about sources of the strange and the mysterious in Japanese folklore. These discussions inspired Aramata to share this knowledge with general readers in the form of fiction. Thus, as a side project, Aramata began work on a fantasy romance that would incorporate lesser known concepts of the occult into recognizable Japanese history.
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