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Yokai Attack!
REVISED EDITION WITH 16 NEW PAGES
Yokai Attack!
The Japanese Monster
Survival Guide
Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
Illustrations by Tatsuya Morino
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore
Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 2008, 2012 Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
Illustrations © Tatsuya Morino
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Yoda, Hiroko.
Yokai attack : the japanese monster survival guide / Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt ; illustrations by Tatsuya Morino. -- Rev. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0883-7 (ebook)
1. Yokai (Japanese folklore) I. Alt, Matt. II. Title.
GR340.Y63 2012
398.20952--dc23
2012009752
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Contents
YOKAI MAP
Karasu-tengu • Hanadaka-tengu • Kappa • Zashiki Warashi • Wanyudo • Neko-mata • Nue • Funa-yurei • Umi-bozu • O-dokuro • Tsuchi-gumo • Konaki Jiji
CHAPTER TWO: GRUESOME GOURMETS
Tesso • Tearai Oni • Futakuchi Onna • Onibaba • Tofu Kozo • Akaname • Azuki Arai • Seto Taisho
CHAPTER THREE: ANNOYING NEIGHBORS
Mokumoku Ren • Tsukumo-gami • Biwa-bokuboku / Koto-furunushi / Shamisen-choro • Kara-kasa / Bura-bura • Dorotabo • Jinmenju • Namahage • Tanuki • Ashiarai Yashiki • Te-no-me • Nurikabe
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SEXY AND SLIMY
Rokuro Kubi • Nure Onna • Kuchisake Onna • Kitsune • Yuki-Onna •