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The Japanese Yokai handbook : a guide to the spookiest ghosts, demons, monsters and evil creatures from Japanese folklore / Masami Kinoshita chosha; [Hidemitsu Shigroka kaiga].
The Japanese Yokai handbook : a guide to the spookiest ghosts, demons, monsters and evil creatures from Japanese folklore Masami Kinoshita著; [しげおか秀満画].
LIBRA GR340 .K4613 2023
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kinoshita, Masami, 1987- author.
- 木下昌美, 1987- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Sugoize nihon yōkai bikkuri zukan. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Yōkai (Japanese folklore)--Japan--Pictorial works--Handbooks, manuals, etc--Juvenile literature.
- Yōkai (Japanese folklore).
- Folklore--Japan--Juvenile literature.
- Folklore.
- Yōkai (Japanese folklore)--Japan--Pictorial works.
- Folklore--Japan.
- Genre:
- folk tales.
- handbooks.
- Folk tales.
- Illustrated works.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Distribution:
- North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the Japanese.
- Summary:
- "Yokai come in every imaginable shape and form--from frightening ghosts and cruel demons to cute fairies and enchanted animals. They can be evil monsters, harmless tricksters or prophets of doom, depending on their inclination. This book includes 100 supernatural Yokai, including Tengu, Kappa, Peroritaro, Baku, and more. This book has over 175 full-color drawings depicting the appearances of these weird creatures"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Super scary Yokai
- Super mysterious Yokai
- Super powerful Yokai
- Super weird Yokai
- Super cute Yokai
- Super simple Yokai
- Super sad Yokai
- Super kind Yokai
- Super evil Yokai
- Super stupid Yokai
- Yokai list
- Final words.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Sugoize nihon yōkai bikkuri zukan.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9784805317280
- 4805317280
- OCLC:
- 1410819186
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