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The book of yokai: mysterious creatures of Japanese folklore

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0520271025 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780520271029 (pbk.)
Author	Foster, Michael Dylan 1965-
Title	The book of yokai : mysterious creatures of Japanese folklore / Michael Dylan Foster ; with original illustrations by Shinonome Kijin
Publisher	Oakland, CA : University of California Press, 2015
Physical desc.	xix, 309 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
Contents	Part 1: Yokai culture. Introducing yokai -- Yokai, folklore, and this book -- The language of yokai -- Event becomes object -- Shape-shifting history -- Heroes of myth and legend -- Weird tales and weird tastes -- Modern disciplines -- Postwar animation and the yokai boom -- Yokai practice/yokai theory -- Yokai culture network -- Zone of uncertainty -- Part 2: Yokai codex. The order of yokai -- Wilds -- Water -- Countryside -- Village and city -- Home -- Epilogue: Monsterful.
Subject	Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
Added name(s) - Corporate	Shinonome, Kijin

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