The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore -- Michael Dylan Foster, Hardcover Religion - Biblical Studies but a true villain lurks

but a true villain lurks beneath it all

worldwide travel--and now he's pretty sure he cannot live the way he is

and blinking at the gilded brilliance of Kinkaku-ji temple

ISBN: 9781400334476

The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore -- Michael Dylan Foster, Hardcover Religion - Biblical Studies but a true villain lurksSignificantly expanded and updated a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled ykai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water sprites, to shape shifting kitsune foxes and long tongued ceiling lickers. Popular today in anime, manga, film,