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This is the complete reference guide to Japanese Science Fiction Film Posters from 1954 to present. Featuring fantastic film art from 65 different Japanese scie
The Book of Yokai
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Michael Dylan Foster
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatu
Anime and Its Roots in Early Japanese Monster Art
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Zília Papp
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02-01 - Publisher: Global Oriental

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Japanese anime plays a major role in modern popular visual culture and aesthetics, yet this is the first study which sets out to put today’s anime in historic
Pandemonium and Parade
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Pages: 310
Authors: Michael Dylan Foster
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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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
Japanese Ghosts & Demons
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Stephen Addiss
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: George Braziller

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Japan has perhaps the most lively and richly developed tradition of supernatural lore of any civilization. It is comprised of some of the most relentlessly fear