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Language: en
Pages: 479
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-10-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 330
Pages: 330
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatu
Language: en
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Pages: 479
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
"Revised and expanded, this second edition of The Book of Yōkai features an all new yōkai picture gallery-with dozens of stunning color images-tracing the vis
Language: en
Pages: 310
Pages: 310
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Monsters known as yōkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in fol
Language: en
Pages: 331
Pages: 331
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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