Shaping Darkness in hyakki yagyō emaki

In Japanese culture, the yōkai, the numinous creatures inhabiting the other world and, sometimes, the boundary between our world and the other, are obvious manifestations of the feeling of fear, “translated” into text and image. Among the numerous emaki in which the yōkai appear, there is a specifi...

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Main Author: Raluca NICOLAE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2015-07-01
Series:Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/3198