An introduction to Yōkai culture

• Verfasst von: Komatsu, Kazuhiko [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: An introduction to Yōkai culture
• Titelzusatz: monsters, ghosts and outsiders in Japanese history
• Mitwirkende: Yoda, Hiroko [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Mitwirkende: Alt, Matt [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Werktitel: Yōkai bunka nyūmon
• Verf.angabe: Komatsu Kazuhiko ; translated by Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: Tokyo
• Verlag: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: March 2017
• Umfang: 195 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 22 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Japan library
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-192)
• Schrift/Sprache: English translation of the Japanese publication Yōkai bunka nyūmon, originally published in 2006 and revised in 2012
• ISBN: 4-916055-80-2
• ISBN: 978-4-916055-80-4
• Schlagwörter: (g)Japan / (s)Ungeheuer / (s)Geisterglaube / (s)Außenseiter
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: EI 4547
• RVK-Notation: LC 33450
• Sach-SW: Volkskunde
• Sach-SW: Volksglaube
• Sach-SW: Mythologie
• Sach-SW: Geister
• K10plus-PPN: 884476642

Abstract

"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 divinity. Tsukimono spirit possessions. Fearsome kappa, oni, and tengu. Yamauba crones. Ghostly yūrei. Otherworldly ijin ... Where did they come from? Why do they remain so popular? Written by Japan's premier scholar of yōkai and strange tales, this book is both an introduction to the rich imagination and spirituality of Japan's yōkai culture and a history of the authors and writings that have shaped yōkai studies as a field"--Back cover

Abstract

What is Yōkai culture? -- Yōkai beyond time and borders -- Tsukimono -- Yōkai -- Kappa -- Oni -- Tengu and Yamauba -- Yūrei -- Ijin and Ikenie : outsiders and sacrifices -- Boundaries