TY - BOOK AU - Foster,Michael Dylan TI - Pandemonium and parade: Japanese monsters and the culture of yōkai SN - 9780520942677 AV - GR340 .P363 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Animals, Mythical KW - Japan KW - Supernatural KW - Spirits KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese imagination over three centuries UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547366&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -