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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komatsu, Kazuhiko, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Yoda, Hiroko, translator.

Alt, Matt, translator.

Yoda, Hiroko

Series:

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Japan library

Standardized Title:

Yōkai bunka nyūmon. English

妖怪文化入門. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017030438

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Animals, Mythical.

Japan.

Yōkai (Japanese folklore).

Animals, Mythical--Japan.

Demonology--Japan.

Demonology.

Ghosts--Japan.

Ghosts.

Monsters--Japan.

Monsters.

Folklore--Japan.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Monsters, ghosts, and outsiders in Japanese history

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the original Japanese into English.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

What is yōkai culture?

Yōkai beyond time and borders

Tsukimono

Yōkai

Kappa

Oni

Tengu and Yamauba

Yūrei

Ijin and Ikenie: outsiders and sacrifices

Boundaries.

Notes:

Translation of: Yōkai bunka nyūmon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-192).

ISBN:

9784916055804

4916055802

OCLC:

981912840