Asian Horror: Vengeful Spirits

I read some of the short stories from the Kwaidan for this topic in horror. I thought that they were really interesting in that they were usually quite pragmatic in how they dealt with the supernatural. They also seemed to acknowledge that the supernatural exists in a different way than western horror does. A spirit could be vengeful without being considered evil like it would be in western horror. The absence of the assumption of good and evil really allows for the supernatural to be dealt with in a logical manner. The short story Diplomacy stood out to me for this reason. It, and the characters within, acknowledged that ghosts and spirits do exist, but that they can be dealt with rationally and without fear. The way that the samurai anticipated and redirected the vengeful spirit by acknowledging its presence and thus dealing with it head on was a very different experience to how western horror typically deals with ghosts, which is to begin by denying that they exist at all until you really have to. There was a balance between the spiritual and the mortal that was compelling and almost peaceful, as opposed to the constant struggle for dominance that is show cased in western horror.