An Introduction to Yōkai Culture
Subtitle: Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History
By: Komatsu Kazuhiko ; translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt = Yōkai bunka nyūmon / chosha Komatsu Kazuhiko ; yakusha Yoda Hiroko, Matto Aruto
Contributors: Yoda, Hiroko, translator; Alt, Matt, translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Japan library
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
Published: March 2017
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9784916055804
Subjects: Nihon; Yōkai; Yōkai (Japanese folklore); Folklore; Demonology; Ghosts; Monsters; Mythical Animals
Other titles: Monsters, ghosts, and outsiders in Japanese history; Yōkai bunka nyūmon
Work titles: Yōkai bunka nyūmon
Description: "Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena known as "yōkai," creating a culture by turns infused with unease, fear, and divinity. Tsukimono spirit possessions. Fearsome kappa, oni, and tengu. Yamauba crones. Ghostly yūrei. Otherworldly ijin ... Where did they come from? Why do they remain so popular? Written by Japan's premier scholar of yōkai and strange tales, this book is both an introduction to the rich imagination and spirituality of Japan's yōkai culture and a history of the authors and writings that have shaped yōkai studies as a field"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-192).

English translation of the Japanese publication Yōkai bunka nyūmon, originally published in 2006 and revised in 2012.
Table of contents: title: What is yōkai culture?; title: Yōkai beyond time and borders; title: Tsukimono; title: Yōkai; title: Kappa; title: Oni; title: Tengu and Yamauba; title: Yūrei; title: Ijin and Ikenie : outsiders and sacrifices; title: Boundaries.