{"title":"Yōkai Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-japanese-yokai-handbook-a-guide-to-the-spookiest-ghosts-demons-monsters-and-evil-creatures-from-japanese-folklore-paperback","title":"The Japanese Yokai Handbook: A Guide to the Spookiest Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Evil Creatures from Japanese Folklore - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMasami Kinoshita\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is your ultimate guide to Japan's scariest creatures!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYokai come in every imaginable shape and form--from frightening ghosts and cruel demons to cute fairies and enchanted animals. 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This book presents her most interesting findings and has over 175 full-color illustrations that vividly depict the appearances of these weird creatures. No matter their origins, each Yokai has a strange and wonderful story that is sure to amaze you!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasami Kinoshita\u003c\/b\u003e is a Yokai researcher based in Japan. After graduating from Nara Women's University she wrote about Yokai on the online newspaper \"Nara Monster Times\" which reports on supernatural beings and folklore in Nara. 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Here, they are retold by award-winning comic book writer Sean Michael Wilson, who has garnered a worldwide fan base for his manga adaptations of works of Japanese literature, including such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Five Rings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManga Yokai Stories\u003c\/i\u003e includes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNuke-kubi\u003c\/i\u003e: A masterless samurai is trapped in a house haunted by headless goblins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Screen Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e: A young man develops an obsession with a woman in a painting that almost kills him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCorpse Rider\u003c\/i\u003e: A woman's unburied corpse cannot rest until she has taken her revenge on the man who divorced her\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Dead Secret\u003c\/i\u003e: A young mother terrifies her family when she returns as a ghost, unable to find peace until she puts to rest a shocking secret she has left behind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilson's skillful adaptation of Hearn's ghostly tales--along with superb manga illustrations from UK-based Japanese artist Inko Ai Takita--make these fascinating stories come to life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is in traditional Japanese reading order--from back to front--so that fans and manga lovers can enjoy an authentic reading experience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Michael Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, who adapted the text of Lafcadio Hearn's original stories for this collection, is an award-winning comic book writer from Scotland, who currently lives in Japan. He is the author of more than 30 books, published with a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilson is the editor of the critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eAX: alternative manga\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 'Best ten books of 2010' and nominated for a Harvey award). 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In February 2021, Wilson was awarded the Scottish Samurai Award from the Order of the Scottish Samurai--a group that celebrates connections between Scotland and Japan--for his contributions as an author. seanmichaelwilson.weebly.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInko Ai Takita\u003c\/b\u003e, the illustrator of this book, was born in Kyoto, Japan. She grew up with manga comics, loving both reading and drawing them. After graduating from Kyoto Zokei University of Art \u0026amp; Design, she moved to England and studied at Central St. Martin's College of Art \u0026amp; Design. She is now based in the UK where she delivers manga workshops in schools, galleries, museums and libraries. She has worked as a culture and language ambassador for London University School of Oriental and African Studies. More of her yokai and monster drawings appear in \u003ci\u003eKetsueki\u003c\/i\u003e (Markosia, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eTam O'Shanter\u003c\/i\u003e (Cranachan, 2019). You can visit her website: http: \/\/dokoteiinko.wix.com\/inkoredible \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLafcadio Hearn\u003c\/b\u003e (1850-1904) was born on the Greek island of Lefkas, the son of an Anglo-Irish father and a Greek mother. At the age of nineteen, he went to America, eventually ending up in New Orleans as a newspaper reporter. His flight from Western materialism brought him to Japan in 1890, where he worked for the \u003ci\u003eKobe Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and taught in various schools. In 1896, he began teaching English literature at Tokyo Imperial University, a position he held until 1903. Hearn married a samurai's daughter, became a Japanese citizen and a Buddhist and changed his name to Koizumi Yakumo. He became the great interpreter of things Japanese to the West. Hearn's most famous work is a collection of lectures entitled \u003ci\u003eJapan: An Attempt at Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (published posthumously in 1905). 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