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Language: en
Pages: 330
Pages: 330
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 331
Pages: 331
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
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Language: en
Pages: 195
Pages: 195
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-27 - Publisher:
"Since ancient times, the Japanese have lived with superstitions of strange presences and phenomena known as "yōkai," creating a culture by turns infused with
Language: en
Pages: 64
Pages: 64
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-01 - Publisher: Chin Music Press
Bookworm Akira has read about the conniving ways of Yokai, but when he trips over one along a forest path, he decides to help the creature back to its murky wat
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