An introduction to Yōkai culture : monsters, ghosts, and outsiders in Japanese history / Komatsu Kazuhiko ; translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt.

An introduction to Yōkai culture : monsters, ghosts, and outsiders in Japanese history / Komatsu Kazuhiko ; translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt.

Yōkai bunka nyūmon. English

First edition.

9784916055804 (hardcover)
4916055802 (hardcover)

Tokyo-to Chiyoda-ku : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.

English

195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

BF1517.J3 K67513 2017

"Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena known as "yōkai," creating a culture by turns infused with unease, fear, and divinity. Tsukimono spirit possessions. Fearsome kappa, oni, and tengu. Yamauba crones. Ghostly yūrei. Otherworldly ijin ... Where did they come from? Why do they remain so popular? Written by Japan's premier scholar of yōkai and strange tales, this book is both an introduction to the rich imagination and spirituality of Japan's yōkai culture and a history of the authors and writings that have shaped yōkai studies as a field"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-192).

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

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