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Pandemonium and parade : Japanese demonology and the culture of yōkai by Foster, Michael Dylan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Water sprites, mountain goblins, shape-shifting animals, and the monsters known as <i>yôkai </i>have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks <i>yôkai </i>over
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- Author
- Foster, Michael Dylan
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520253612
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Folklore & Mythology
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (103 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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