Yokai and a Mythical Menagerie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9784756261151)

This pictorial treasury is finally unveiled. A huge collection of extremely rare yokai and mythical beasts!
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-dōji / Tsukumogami / Tengu / Bake-danuki / Zegaibō / Ibaraki-dōji / Oni / Skeleton / Mitsume Nyūdō (Three-eyed Monk) / Tsuchigumo / Rokurokubi / Kappa / Umibōzu / Ō Mukade (Giant Centipede) / Kyūbino Kitsune (Nine-tailed Fox) / Ōgumo (Giant Spider) / Nue / Kasa-obake / Tōfu-kozō / Momijigari / Gama (Toad) / Daijya / Mermaid / Cow-man / Hora / Shiro-baku / Korori / Amabiko / Kudabe / Sōtōchō / Hōnenuo / Hakuzōsu / Ōnyūdō / Bakeneko / Chōchin'obake and more.