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Pandemonium and parade: Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai

Pandemonium and parade: Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai
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ISBN 9780520253629 (pbk.)
Author Foster, Michael Dylan 1965-
Title Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai / Michael Dylan Foster
Publisher Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009
Physical desc. xvii, 291 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
Contents Introduction to the weird -- Natural history of the weird: encyclopedias, spooky stories, and the bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien -- Science of the weird: inoue enryō, kokkuri, and human electricity -- Museum of the weird: modernity, minzokugaku, and the discovery of yōkai -- Media of the weird: Mizuki Shigeru and kuchi-sake-onna -- Yōkai culture: past, present, future.
Subject Yōkai (Japanese folklore)
Animals, Mythical -- Japan
Supernatural
Spirits
Japan -- Folklore
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