Japanese demon lore
Subtitle: oni, from ancient times to the present
By: Noriko T. Reider
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Logan, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780874217933; 9780874217940
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview: what are oni?; title: Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni; title: Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space; title: Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother; title: Cannibalism; title: Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni; title: The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army; title: Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese; title: Oni in manga, anime, and film; title: Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.