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A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai: An Encyclopedia of 100 Demons, Spirits, Monsters, and Ghosts

A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai: An Encyclopedia of 100 Demons, Spirits, Monsters, and Ghosts

Flank, Lenny

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ISBN10: 1610012682
ISBN13: 9781610012683
Publisher: Red and Black Publishers
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What is a Yokai? It is usually translated into English as ghost or monster, and is, in the strictest sense, a spirit that is haunting the non-magical world. In modern usage, however, the word has become a catch-all basket for Japan's rich mythology of supernatural oddities. What else can one make of a half-man half-crow demon with an absurdly long nose, or a humanoid with a huge eye in its butt, or a mermaid that can prevent diseases with her picture, or a pair of straw sandals that have become possessed by a mischievous spirit. They can be animal, human, object, spirit ... or something in between. A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai looks at 100 different Yokai, including: a giant hairy foot that demands to be washed; the shape-shifting spirit of a Japanese raccoon-dog; an unseen entity who follows pedestrians at night; a woman with an extra mouth on the back of her head; a one-eyed one-legged beast who attacks humans; and a vampire tree that sucks the blood of travelers. Illustrated.

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