The Summer of the Ubume

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The Summer of the Ubume

First edition (Japanese)
Author	Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Original title	Ubume no natsu
Translator	Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander
Language	Japanese
Series	Kyōgokudō
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Kodansha
Publication date	1994
Publication place	Japan
Published in English	2009
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	320 pp
ISBN	978-1-934287-25-5
Followed by	Mōryō no Hako

The Summer of the Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏, Ubume no natsu) is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is Kyogoku’s first novel, and the first entry in his Kyōgōkudō series about atheist onmyōji Akihiko "Kyōgokudō" Chūzenji. It has been turned into a live-action feature film.