Pandemonium and parade : Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai / Michael Dylan Foster.

Author/creator Foster, Michael Dylan, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Animals, Mythical--Japan.
Supernatural.
Spirits.
Japan--Folklore.

Contents Introduction to the weird -- Natural history of the weird : encyclopedias, spooky stories, and the bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien -- Science of the weird : inoue enryō, kokkuri, and human electricity -- Museum of the weird : modernity, minzokugaku, and the discovery of yōkai -- Media of the weird : Mizuki Shigeru and kuchi-sake-onna -- Yōkai culture : past, present, future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
LCCN 2007050923
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