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Author Reider, Noriko T., author.

Title Japanese demon lore : oni from ancient times to the present / Noriko T. Reider.

Imprint Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 241 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index.
Contents An overview: what are oni? -- Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni -- Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space -- Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother -- Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni -- Oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army -- Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese -- Oni in manga, anime, and film -- Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni -- Appendix A: Translation of Shibukawa's version of Shuten Dji -- Appendix B: Japanese and Chinese names and terms.
Summary Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctively gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media.
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Language English.
Subject Demonology -- Japan.
Folklore -- Japan.
Legends -- Japan.
Supernatural.
Spirits.
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Folklore.
Démonologie -- Japon.
Folklore -- Japon.
Surnaturel.
Esprits.
supernatural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Demonology. (OCoLC)fst00890199
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
Legends. (OCoLC)fst00995592
Spirits. (OCoLC)fst01130061
Supernatural. (OCoLC)fst01138960
Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
Dämon
Sage
Japan
Other Form: Print version: Reider, Noriko T. Japanese demon lore. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2010 9780874217933 9780874219487 (DLC) 2010029181 (OCoLC)650504604
ISBN 9780874217940 (electronic bk.)
0874217946 (electronic bk.)
9781283078085
1283078082
9780874217933 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0874217938 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780874219487 (pbk.)
0874219485 (pbk.)
9786613078087
6613078085
Standard No. AU@ 000048837996
AU@ 000051375283
DEBBG BV044118201
DEBSZ 397011601
DEBSZ 481296263
NZ1 14249714
NZ1 14846157
GBVCP 1008655260

 
    
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