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ADDISS, Stephen. ed.

JAPANESE GHOSTS & DEMONS: ART OF THE SUPERNATURAL. A MOST USEFUL ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE ON THE RARE SUBJECT Utilizing Japanese color woodblock prints, this work addres- ses the ghostly theme found. Covers one hundred demons and one hundred supernatural tales, Yurei: tales of female ghos- ts, Sennin: the Immortals of Taoism, Shoki the demon queller and Oni: the Japanese demon. Also, Tengu the mountain goblin and Tanuki & Kitsune the tricksters of Japan. Snakes, serp- ents, and humans, two and a half worlds: humans, animals and in-between. Examples found in Japanese woodblock prints some by Yoshitoshi, paintings, Netsuke, E-hon [woodblock books] Biographies of artists. Additional essays by Stephen Addiss, J. Carpenter, M. Deguchi, P. Fister, B. Jordan, J. Lilly- white, J. Secor, M. Welch, J. Wolfgram, A. Yamamoto & F. Ya- mamoto. Essays cover one hundred demons & one hundred super- natural tales. A most useful resource on a very rare subject a valuable for any collector. Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2005 Rare Oriental Book Co. Click for available editions