Koizumi Yakumo no Yokai Zukan / Koizumi Akira

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Manners and Customs, Folklore, and Ethnology
[Introduction to the Contents]
Exploring the charm of Patric Lafcadio Hearn, the Japanese "mystery" that changed his life!
Koizumi Yakumo (Patric Lafcadio Hearn) is a person who loves Japanese traditions that have been handed down from old times and breathed new life into various ghost stories as a "re-narration literature".
In the illustrated books, Yakumo, who created ghost stories such as "The Snow Woman" and "The Rokurokubi", is fascinated by what kind of monsters, mononoke, and ghosts, and has sent out his works. It reveals what kind of monsters, mononoke, and ghosts are in the collection of books and handwritten manuscripts that became the source of his creation, and the world of eerie that was a matter of course in his life.
[Contents]
Introduction : Koizumi Yakumo who discovered Japanese sense of beauty and spirituality
Chapter 1 : Monsters appearing in Yakumo Ghost stories
Chapter 2 : Monster pictures and kyoka drawn by Yakumo
Chapter 3 : Japanese-style books that became the origin of Yakumo's re-story
Chapter 4 : Collection of monsters from the end of Edo period to the Meiji
Chapter 5 : Sanin Sanyo Ayakashi Zukan
Director of Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum