The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

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Название: The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

Издатель: University of California Press; First Edition, Illustrations by Shinonome Kijin edition

Автор: Michæl Dylan Foster (Author), Shinonome Kijin (Illustrator)

Год: January 14, 2015

Страниц: 331

Формат: pdf (оригинал)

Язык: English

Размер: 270 mb

ISBN: 978-0520271012

Качество: хорошее

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Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. mirknig.com

Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers.

Currently popular in anime, manga, film, and computer games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories.

Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. mirknig.com

In this delightful and accessible narrative, readers will explore the roles played by these mysterious beings within Japanese culture and will also learn of their abundance and variety through detailed entries, some with original illustrations, on more than fifty individual creatures. mirknig.com

The Book of Yokai provides a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture. It also invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. mirknig.com

By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity.