Yurei: The Japanese Ghost

by Zack Davisson

Overview

"I lived in a haunted apartment." Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Shifting from anecdotes to deep research to translation of ancient ghost stories, he explores the persistence of yurei in modern Japan and their continued popularity throughout the West. Color images of yurei appear throughout the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634059695
Publisher:	Chin Music Press Inc.
Publication date:	12/29/2020
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	763,359
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of The Supernatural Cats of Japan (Chin Music Press), translator of Eisner Award-winning and Harvey-nominated Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan, and a 2014 nominee of the Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize. Other translation works include the famous folklore comic Kitaro (Drawn and Quarterly) and the works of Satoshi Kon (Dark Horse).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Ghosts and Yurei


Chapter 1
The Ghost of Oyuki


Chapter 2
The Rule of the Dead


Chapter 3
Ghosts of Love, Ghosts of Hate


Chapter 4
The Ghost of Okiku


Chapter 5
Tales of Moonlight and Rain


Conclusion
The Persistence of Yurei

Appendix
Yurei Miscellanea