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Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-10-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 479
Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
"Revised and expanded, this second edition of The Book of Yōkai features an all new yōkai picture gallery-with dozens of stunning color images-tracing the vis
Language: en
Pages: 330
Pages: 330
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatu
Language: en
Pages: 331
Pages: 331
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic b
Language: en
Pages: 310
Pages: 310
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Monsters known as yōkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in fol