📗 Libro en inglés JAPANESE YOKAI AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL BEINGS

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 today This richly illustrated book by Andreas Marks the leading authority on Japanese woodblock prints presents authentic illustrations and descriptions of 100 different creatures including Bakeneko Monster cats in human form who lick lamp oil and prey on humans born in the year of the RatHan nya Female demons with sharp and pointed horns metallic eyes and a smirking smileHihi Large ape like monsters who live in the mountains and have superhuman strength enabling them to kidnap and kill humansMikoshi nyudo Yokai with an enormously extended necks who appear only at nightAnd many more The striking visual examples in this book are drawn from the rich canon of early Japanese prints books and paintings sourced from leading museums libraries and private collections worldwide They show the original forms and appearances of the creatures which form the basis for all subsequent depictions Also included are two long handscrolls from the Minneapolis I