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Pages: 330
Pages: 330
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 479
Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-10-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Significantly expanded and updated—a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fa
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: 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
Language: en
Pages: 195
Pages: 195
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-27 - Publisher:
"Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena known as "yōkai," creating a culture by turns infused with