ABC-Clio, 2003. — 375 p.
A project of this magnitude contains numerous surprises. I had thought that I was fairly well acquainted with Japanese mythology, having spent years studying contemporary Japanese religion and beliefs. As the writing of this book progressed, so too did my horizons expand. Heretofore obscure figurestook on flesh and color. Places I had been in and...
Stroud : Amberley, 2017. — 224 p. ; b&w illus. The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death from Japanese folklore. Much of the information comes from ancient documents, translated into English here for the first time. Antony Cummins has also searched the now forgotten Victorian...
Stroud : Amberley, 2017. — 224 p. ; b&w illus. The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death from Japanese folklore. Much of the information comes from ancient documents, translated into English here for the first time. Antony Cummins has also searched the now forgotten Victorian...
Tuttle Publishing, 2024. — 292 p. — ISBN: 978-4-8053-1773-0 With a "ghostly torch" passed down from Lafcadio Hearn, Davisson, accomplished author, translator, and folklorist delves into the depths of Japanese folklore to unearth 100 of the most bizarre and haunting creatures to ever grace myth and legend. In t his book you'll encounter a vast range of mysterious beings, from...
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2015. — 509 p. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators is the second installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and...
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2021. — 533 p. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers...
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2015. — 495 p. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, The Fluid Pantheon is the first installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond....
University of Hawaii Press, 2015. — 584 p. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, "Protectors and Predators" is the second installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond....
University of Hawaii Press, 2022. — 553 p. — ISBN 978-0-8248-8624-0 Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure...
University of Hawaii Press, 2015. — 496 p. Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, "The Fluid Pantheon" is the first installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism―specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard...
University of California Press, 2015. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-0-520-27101-2, 978-0-520-27102-9, 978-0-520-95912-5. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled Yōkai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting...
University of California Press, 2015. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-0-520-95912-5. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued...
Expanded 2nd edition. — University of California Press, 2024. — 632 p. Significantly expanded and updated - a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yōkai, they appear in many forms, from...
Illustrator: Shinonome Kijin. — University of California Press, 2015. — 336 p. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai , these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued...
Illustrator: Shinonome Kijin. — University of California Press, 2015. — 336 p. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai , these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued...
CFZ Press, 2010. — 418 p. Everyone has heard of vampires and werewolves, but how many have heard of the rokuro-kubi, the tsuchinoki or the sagari? Japan has a wealth of ghosts and monsters, collectively called yokai, which are totally unknown in the West. The bizarre and wonderful folklore of Japan includes giant corpse-eating rabbits, flaming pigs that steal human genitals,...
London, New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022. — 252 p. — ISBN 978-0-500-25231-4. An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon. While people around the world love Japan's cultural exports—from manga and anime to Zen—not everyone...
London, New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022. — 252 p. — ISBN 978-0-500-25231-4. An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon. While people around the world love Japan's cultural exports—from manga and anime to Zen—not everyone...
Utah State University Press, 1994. — 162 p. The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs--particularly death traditions--offer special insight into the living culture of Japan. Ghosts and the Japanese is a fine book that has...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. — 136 p. Ideal wife and sexual vampire. Prankster and saint. Tree and train. The Japanese fox left her paw-print on Japanese culture. She challenges traditional, negative views of women. She brings harmony and division. She possesses and protects. She is the shape of Japan's soul. Discover why the fox is...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. — 56 p. Once a vicious creature, the tanuki changed into a comical creature loved by Japanese children. He is the master of disguise. If only his intelligence was as sharp. Powered by his super stretchy scrotum, the tanuki leads us into a strange world of belly thumping, singing, and pranks. Christopher...
Scotts Valley, CA : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. — 124 p. Murder. Love. Sacrifice. From stories about a willow who falls in love with a human to an old samurai who kills himself so his beloved tree can live, Japanese folklore venerates trees. Beyond the sakura, the famous cherry tree, Japanese farmers told stories about the trees that welcomed them home...
Chartwell Books, 1999. — 65 p. — (Ancient Cultures). — ISBN: 0785810803. The gods and myths of Japan embrace Shinto and Buddhist traditions, as well as popular agricultural-based folk beliefs. With a pantheon of noble heroes, such as Yamato-takeru, and more than eight million gods, Japanese mythology is extremely complex.
Translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt; Translation of: Yōkai bunka nyūmon. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2017. — 195 pages : illustrations (some color). 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...
Tuttle Publishing, 2023. — 251 p. — ISBN-13 978-480 531-7150 Superb Yokai images from the world's leading museums and private collections! Japan's vast pantheon of supernatural creatures includes demons (yokai), monsters, ogres (oni), ghosts (yurei) and magicians--mythical beings from folklore and popular culture which continue to thrill readers of traditional stories and manga...
Matthew Meyer, 2018. — (Yokai Series Book 3). — 228 p., col. illus. Ancient legend tells of an encyclopedia called The Book of the Hakutaku , which was given to the emperor by a magical beast. This book contained information about all the spirits, gods, and demons in the universe. It was lost long ago, but parts of it were copied down. People have been collecting information about...
Matthew Meyer, 2015. — 224 p. — ISBN10: 0985218428. — ISBN13: 978-0985218423. From the mists of prehistory to the present day, Japan has always had stories of fantastic monsters. There are women with extra mouths in the backs of their heads, water goblins whose favorite food is inside the human anus, elephant-dragons which feed solely on bad dreams, baby zombies, talking foxes,...
Tuttle Publishing, 2023. — 640 p. — ISBN-13 978-48-0531-6603 Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 33 color woodblock prints and over 55 b&w illustrations of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring...
Utah State University Press, 2021. — 669 р. — ISBN: 978-1-64642-054-4 Mountain Witches is a comprehensive guide to the complex figure of yamauba-female yōkai often translated as mountain witches, who are commonly described as tall, enigmatic women with long hair, piercing eyes, and large mouths that open from ear to ear and who live in the mountains-and the evolution of their...
Tokyo : Hokuseido Press, 1961. — 235 p., illus. The classic exposition on Japan's folkloric fox details all appearances of the Kitsune found in Japan's rich culture, from religion and superstition to art and literature. Historical illustrations throughout the book reveal an entire nation's enduring fascination for this mysterious animal. A wonderful collection of Kitsune lore,...
Independently published, 2022. — 85 p. Willst du wissen, was die japanische Mythologie ist? Wissen Sie, was geschah, als Izanami in der Unterwelt war? Weißt du, warum Amaterasu in der japanischen Mythologie so wichtig ist? Wenn ja, dann sind Sie hier genau richtig. Der japanische Mythos hat auch in praktischer Hinsicht eine wichtige Rolle gespielt, vor allem als politische und...
Independently published, 2022. — 85 p. Willst du wissen, was die japanische Mythologie ist? Wissen Sie, was geschah, als Izanami in der Unterwelt war? Weißt du, warum Amaterasu in der japanischen Mythologie so wichtig ist? Wenn ja, dann sind Sie hier genau richtig. Der japanische Mythos hat auch in praktischer Hinsicht eine wichtige Rolle gespielt, vor allem als politische und...
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1973 Discusses the mythology of Japan, its origins in Shintoism and Buddhism, and the gods, spirits, men, and animals that appear in the many legends and stories.
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2010. — 160 p., illus. "A Best Book of 2009" — The Japan Times. "Bringing erudition to the eerie, Ross enlarges our vocabulary of the supernatural. From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners...
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, 2010. — 160 p., illus. "A Best Book of 2009" — The Japan Times. "Bringing erudition to the eerie, Ross enlarges our vocabulary of the supernatural. From the unquiet graves of betrayed women and trees that grow hair to accounts of the skulls of drowned sailors biting at the oars of fishermen, Ross's explorations in the spookier corners...
Translated and annotated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt. — Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, Inc., 2016. — xvi, 319 p. : illus. "A fascinating, scholarly, beautifully illustrated, miscellanea of strange beasts, quelling demons, and otherworldly apparitions. Japandemonium Illustrated will instruct you, amaze you, and transport you to a quintessential realm of Japanese lore." —...
Independently published, 2024. — 373 р. — ISBN-13 979-8338661093 Discover the Mystical World of Japan: Unveiling Legendary Myths and Folklore to Captivate Your Heart and Mind, even if you are new to the subject. Ever wondered about the legendary tales that shape Japan’s rich cultural tapestry? Are you looking for an engaging, thoughtfully illustrated guide that provides both...
Teikoku, 2022. — 130 p. Sind Sie bereit, sich auf eine Reise durch jahrtausendealte Geschichten zu begeben? Geschichten von Geistern, Dämonen und fantastischen Wesen, die eine Kultur entwickelt haben, die auf Ehre, Mut, Opferbereitschaft und Heldentum beruht. Diese Geschichten wurden von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben und haben sich bis zu uns durchgesprochen. Dieses...
Teikoku, 2022. — 130 p. Sind Sie bereit, sich auf eine Reise durch jahrtausendealte Geschichten zu begeben? Geschichten von Geistern, Dämonen und fantastischen Wesen, die eine Kultur entwickelt haben, die auf Ehre, Mut, Opferbereitschaft und Heldentum beruht. Diese Geschichten wurden von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben und haben sich bis zu uns durchgesprochen. Dieses...
Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. — 250 р. — ISBN: 978-1-3502-7118-0 This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important...
Translated by Ronald A. Morse. — Lexington Books, 2008. — 120 p. A record of folk legends (as opposed to a folk tale) gathered in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. Famous yōkai in the stories include kappa and zashiki-warashi. In 1910, when Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962) wrote and published The Legends of Tono in Japanese, he had no idea that 100 years later, his book would become a Japanese...
Illustrations byTatsuya Morino. — North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — (Attack! series). — 208 p., color illustrations and photos. Yokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies. Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone has their own take on how they might look...
Illustrations by Shinkichi. — North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2012. — (Attack! series). — 192 p., color illustrations and photos. Yurei Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional ghosts and spirits. Surviving encounters with angry ghosts and sexy specters. Haunted places. Dangerous games and how to play them. And more importantly, a guided...
Перевод: Леонид Иванович Моргун. — Ногинск: Остеон-Групп, 2016. — 71 с.
Вера в привидения, демонов и духов уходит глубоко корнями в историю японского фольклора. Она переплетается с мифологией и суевериями, взятыми из японского синтоизма, а также буддизма и даосизма, привнесенного в Японию из Китая и Индии. Истории и легенды в сочетании с мифологией собирались на протяжении...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2017. — 160 с. Япония – удивительная, завораживающая страна с богатейшей историей – бережно сохраняет наследие своих предков. Один из образцов такого наследия – кайданы – диковинные легенды и рассказы о призраках, необычных суевериях, жутких и сверхъестественных событиях. Почти все они заимствованы из старинных японских книг, таких как «Ясо-кидан»,...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2017. — 160 с. Япония – удивительная, завораживающая страна с богатейшей историей – бережно сохраняет наследие своих предков. Один из образцов такого наследия – кайданы – диковинные легенды и рассказы о призраках, необычных суевериях, жутких и сверхъестественных событиях. Почти все они заимствованы из старинных японских книг, таких как «Ясо-кидан»,...
М.: Центрполиграф, 2017. — 160 с. Япония – удивительная, завораживающая страна с богатейшей историей – бережно сохраняет наследие своих предков. Один из образцов такого наследия – кайданы – диковинные легенды и рассказы о призраках, необычных суевериях, жутких и сверхъестественных событиях. Почти все они заимствованы из старинных японских книг, таких как «Ясо-кидан»,...
Арт-Родник, 2003. — 68 с.: илл. — ISBN: 5-88896-128-0
Перевод: В. Захаров.
Серия: Древние культуры.
Краткое введение в японскую мифологию. Памятники удивительного искусства Востока. Информативный путеводитель по миру богов и легенд.
Арт-Родник, 2003. — 68 с.: илл. — ISBN: 5-88896-128-0
Перевод: В. Захаров.
Серия: Древние культуры.
Краткое введение в японскую мифологию. Памятники удивительного искусства Востока. Информативный путеводитель по миру богов и легенд.
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