The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

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The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese FolkloreSignificantly expanded and updateda lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled ykai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites, to shape shifting kitsune foxes and long tongued ceiling lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film,

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this gorgeous volume explores the bestiary and its widespread influence on medieval art and culture as well as on modern and contemporary artists like Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst

menus and other ephemera from as far back as the seventeenth century to unearth fascinating evidence of the stickiness of the seven-day cycle

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