Yokai and a Mythical Menagerie

Description

Valuable medieval scroll paintings, vases made during the Yi Dynasty period, kappa and tengu claws that were dedicated to shrines and more… Images of yokai and mythical beasts that no one has seen before are revealed in this large collection. Take a look at the mysterious, yet humorous, world of yokai that have chilled the spines of anxious people and continued to change form as they were passed down to the present day. Yokai and Mythical Beasts Appearing in this book: Shuten-doji / Tsukumogami / Tengu / Bake-danuki / Zegaibo / Ibaraki-doji / Oni / Skeleton / Mitsume Nyudo (Three-eyed Monk) / Tsuchigumo / Rokurokubi / Kappa / Umibozu / O Mukade (Giant Centipede) / Kyubino Kitsune (Nine-tailed Fox) / Ogumo (Giant Spider) / Nue / Kasa-obake / Tofu-kozo / Momijigari / Gama (Toad) / Daijya / Mermaid / Cow-man / Hora / Shiro-baku / Korori / Amabiko / Kudabe / Sotocho / Honenuo / Hakuzosu / Onyudo / Bakeneko / Chochin’obake and more.