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Book of Yokai Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

by Michael Dylan Foster, Shinonome Kijin
Book of Yokai Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

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Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. 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. 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. 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. By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity.

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"Foster creates engagingly rich portraits of yokai . . . Kijinand#8217;s illustrations draw on Japanese artistic traditions to depict each creatureand#8217;s personality and visual quirks, making this field guide a delight for researchers, enthusiasts and the uninitiated alike . . . Seen this way, even the most horrific yokai seems beautiful."

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"Michael Dylan Foster, associate professor of folklore at Indiana University and a yokai expert, analyses and catalogues hundreds of yokai and tells many stories . . . The book is enhanced by witty illustrations by Shinonome Kijin . . . A fascinating and charming compendium."

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A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai.

Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. 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. 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. The Book of Yokai invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity.

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"Overflowing with great stories of Japanand#8217;s fantastical monsters, spirits, and other creatures of the collective imagination, The Book of Yokai is filled with solid information, a variety of new perspectives, and the kind of richness of detail that will enhance any readerand#8217;s enjoyment of Japanand#8217;s monstrous folk traditions."and#151;Dr. Bill Tsutsui, President of Hendrix College and author of Godzilla on My Mind

"Foster's yokai are living beings, real in their own way: they migrate from the woods and ponds of rural prefectures to books, games, anime, and the toy stores of Tokyo. With writing that flows like water and a fluid command of yokaiology, Foster produces a complete picture for any fan interested in knowing more."and#151;Paul Manning, Trent University


About the Author

Michael Dylan Foster is Associate Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University. He is the author of Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai and numerous articles on Japanese folklore, literature, and media.

Shinonome Kijin is an artist and scholar of yokai. He lives and works in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.


Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Water Goblin Tales: Preface and Acknowledgments

Names, Dates, Places

Part I. Yokai Culture

1. Introducing Yokai

Yokai, Folklore, and This Book

The Language of Yokai

Event Becomes Object

2. Shape-Shifting History

Heroes of Myth and Legend

Weird Tales and Weird Tastes

Modern Disciplines

Postwar Animation and the Yokai Boom

3. Yokai Practice/Yokai Theory

Yokai Culture Network

Zone of Uncertainty

Part II. Yokai Codex

4. The Order of Yokai

5. Wilds

6. Water

7. Countryside

8. Village and City

9. Home

Epilogue: Monsterful

Notes

Bibliography

Alphabetized List of Yokai in the Codex

Index


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780520271029
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
01/14/2015
Publisher:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Pages:
336
Height:
.80IN
Width:
6.10IN
Thickness:
1.00
Illustration:
Yes
Author:
Michael Dylan Foster
Illustrator:
Shinonome Kijin
Illustrator:
Shinonome Kijin
Author:
Shinonome Kijin
Subject:
Mythology-Folklore and Storytelling
Subject:
World History-Asia

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