As a Japanese anime fan from America, I’ve occasionally been astounded
As a Japanese anime fan from America, I’ve occasionally been astounded by the imaginative styling of some of the monsters and creatures I see in my favourite shows.
Look at programmes like Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer, and you’ll see some bizarre-looking monsters that I don’t believe I’ve ever seen in Western animated productions. Mythology and folklore have also always captivated me, so when I saw The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopaedia of Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth by Thersa Matsuura, I knew I had to read it.
The book covers a lot of ground in less than 250 pages, but it goes much further than I anticipated.
It offers insightful information on a wide range of Japanese mythology monsters and creatures. The reader can learn about historical and contemporary references to the creatures, as well as the translation and pronunciation of their names, by perusing The Book of Japanese Folklore, which contains numerous strange, untamed, sad, and cautionary tales from the folklore.
