The fourth volume of Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi was published on October 22, 2003 by Kodansha. It was released in English in e-book format by Kodansha USA on August 5, 2014.
Publisher's summary[]
- "Nebulous and unseen, mushi exist in a state somewhere between life and death. A small community of wandering healers and naturalists known as mushishi help humans affected by these mysterious entities. Ginko, with his green eye and white hair, is a mushishi. But when Ginko tries to help a boy who seems to have found spring in the middle of winter, he and the boy both become victims of lifesucking creatures."
Chapters[]
- "Picking the Empty Cocoon" (虚繭取り, Uromayutori?)
- "One-Night Bridge" (一夜橋, Hitoyobashi?)
- "Spring and Falsehoods" (春と嘯く, Haru to Usobuku?)
- "In the Cage" (籠のなか, Kago no Naka?)
- "The Sound of Trodden Grass" (草を踏む音, Kusa o Fumu Oto?)