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百鬼夜行 #3
狂骨之梦
继《姑获鸟之夏》、《魍魉之匣》后，京极堂系列第三部。
连续杀死丈夫四次的女人朱美，一个有强迫症的精神科医生，一个不信神的牧师。梦境与现实纠缠在三个人之间，奇怪的事情一再发生。
在海上漂流的黄金骷髅头，深山中发生的集体自杀事件。这些看似毫不相关的人各自被怪异的梦境所苦…接二连三发生的诡异事件却将他们一一串连起来……到底什么是梦境、什么又是真实？错综复杂的谜团，却在书末有最干净明快的答案。
“狂骨”即为「发狂的骸骨」，论者认为，由于过去典籍并无「狂骨」此类怪物，因此应为热爱创造妖怪的鸟山石燕所创造，他在《今昔画图百鬼拾遗》中这么形容：骷髅头下挂着单薄的骨架，尽管披挂的长白发看似女性，身体轮廓却隐约不可辨识，总在井中的汲水桶中以双手垂放、身下无脚的幽灵姿态现身。
后来在江户时期变成固定的怪物，相传为被弃尸在井中的冤死者，化为妖怪后总在井边出现，遇到人便会叫他「喝水吧」，路人若依言喝水，便可无事离去；若不听，则狂骨会舞动全身骨骸以示人，据闻听到其骨节撞击声者便会发狂投井身亡。
连续杀死丈夫四次的女人朱美，一个有强迫症的精神科医生，一个不信神的牧师。梦境与现实纠缠在三个人之间，奇怪的事情一再发生。
在海上漂流的黄金骷髅头，深山中发生的集体自杀事件。这些看似毫不相关的人各自被怪异的梦境所苦…接二连三发生的诡异事件却将他们一一串连起来……到底什么是梦境、什么又是真实？错综复杂的谜团，却在书末有最干净明快的答案。
“狂骨”即为「发狂的骸骨」，论者认为，由于过去典籍并无「狂骨」此类怪物，因此应为热爱创造妖怪的鸟山石燕所创造，他在《今昔画图百鬼拾遗》中这么形容：骷髅头下挂着单薄的骨架，尽管披挂的长白发看似女性，身体轮廓却隐约不可辨识，总在井中的汲水桶中以双手垂放、身下无脚的幽灵姿态现身。
后来在江户时期变成固定的怪物，相传为被弃尸在井中的冤死者，化为妖怪后总在井边出现，遇到人便会叫他「喝水吧」，路人若依言喝水，便可无事离去；若不听，则狂骨会舞动全身骨骸以示人，据闻听到其骨节撞击声者便会发狂投井身亡。
599 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 1995
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About the author
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
216 books161 followersNatsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.
Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
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Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.
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December 25, 2022
Per usual, Kyōgoku Natsuhiko starts with different, disconnected cases and weaves, Psychology, Religion, Gods and Culture while solving. A weird blend of religion, spirituality, psychology and thriller. Something only he could write. This particular volume alone made my head spin with theories. It's extremely wild and I have to give the translation team their due credit because without the pages of explanation on the rituals and stuff, it'd not have made any sense. I have grown to love Japanese folk tales because of this series now and am now determined to read as much literature as I could find.
I have come to learn that Mouryou no Hako which is one of the sequels has a anime adaptation on it. It delights me, I'll try to watch it. It might not follow Summer of Ubume but since I've read the first three in the series, I might as well give a try. The art is at times intense and pretty explicit in some places.
I have come to learn that Mouryou no Hako which is one of the sequels has a anime adaptation on it. It delights me, I'll try to watch it. It might not follow Summer of Ubume but since I've read the first three in the series, I might as well give a try. The art is at times intense and pretty explicit in some places.
November 17, 2025
Wow all things considered I really didn't spend THAT much time reading this one, huh?
This was a fun book. I found its structure weaker than Moryo's and the mystery itself didn't pull me in as deeply, but the payoff was cool and sufficiently insane. I really liked some of the characters introduced here. The way the mystery ties into Ubume's initial philosophical rant and expands on some of its ideas is very cool. Not a favorite but a really solid read as a whole.
2025/11/17 edit:
This is a favorite actually. Absolutely sick book which has some of the most fun plotting and imagery in the series. In retrospect it almost stands alongside with Moryo in regards to how much I enjoyed it.
This was a fun book. I found its structure weaker than Moryo's and the mystery itself didn't pull me in as deeply, but the payoff was cool and sufficiently insane. I really liked some of the characters introduced here. The way the mystery ties into Ubume's initial philosophical rant and expands on some of its ideas is very cool. Not a favorite but a really solid read as a whole.
2025/11/17 edit:
This is a favorite actually. Absolutely sick book which has some of the most fun plotting and imagery in the series. In retrospect it almost stands alongside with Moryo in regards to how much I enjoyed it.
April 14, 2020
Too long
November 7, 2021
还是非常喜欢的历史和宗教揉杂的猎奇小说，严格来说已经不能算是推理小说，作者也无意着重推理（最后的结论根本不是通过推理可以得到的）但有时候真的会自问，完全不需要写那么多“百科词条”啊！
July 28, 2023
宗教、神话、精神分析、砍头、失忆、推理、齐活
March 25, 2024
Reread in 2024. Actually better than I remembered it, though the anecdotes felt less interesting with 10+ years of random reading.
May 23, 2024
开始喜欢百鬼夜行系列的第一部。几个事件结合在一起被解开的一部，在时候这种写法还新鲜。现在想想还是有点沉闷，身份交换让人喜欢不起来，诡计就是洗脑，太不可理喻了。上一部的后味很糟糕，这部的很清爽，好感。可能从这部开始渐渐喜欢榎木津涞，他是能以行动救人的主角。
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October 22, 2024
一帮神经病玩橄榄球🏈
January 6, 2023
This is an insanely good mystery novel that weaves in yokai, Buddhism, premodern Japanese history and even psychoanalysis! It's also really long (969 pages in my edition) and is somewhat slow at the start, but when it all comes together at the end where more than 200 pages are dedicated to explaining the entire mystery, that just makes the whole reading experience worth it. I just really like how Kyogoku's mystery is not supernatural but based in reality (especially how most of the ideas are very creative spins on Japanese history).
The Japanese here is quite challenging because Kyogoku uses old style kanji. A lot of the references to Buddhism and history, especially, are quite difficult to understand because I'm not familiar with them. Thankfully, most of that stuff is explained and made easily digestible for the reader.
I also appreciated the character Kiba just periodically going "what are you talking about?!" during Chuzenji's explanation of the whole mystery at the end, because, like Kiba, I was constantly going WTF and having my mind blown by all the crazy connections.
Since I bought this book randomly in BOOKOFF three years ago when I was in Japan, I didn't realise that it's actually the third in a series of yokai-themed mystery novels. I am definitely going to look for more of Kyogoku's novels when I get back to Japan! It's just a near-perfect blend of being intellectually challenging and stimulating while also being accessible.
The Japanese here is quite challenging because Kyogoku uses old style kanji. A lot of the references to Buddhism and history, especially, are quite difficult to understand because I'm not familiar with them. Thankfully, most of that stuff is explained and made easily digestible for the reader.
I also appreciated the character Kiba just periodically going "what are you talking about?!" during Chuzenji's explanation of the whole mystery at the end, because, like Kiba, I was constantly going WTF and having my mind blown by all the crazy connections.
Since I bought this book randomly in BOOKOFF three years ago when I was in Japan, I didn't realise that it's actually the third in a series of yokai-themed mystery novels. I am definitely going to look for more of Kyogoku's novels when I get back to Japan! It's just a near-perfect blend of being intellectually challenging and stimulating while also being accessible.
June 14, 2015
故事更为复杂，但较前两部更能被常人所接受。
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