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Japanese ghosts & demons : art of the supernatural
- Title
- Japanese ghosts & demons : art of the supernatural / edited by Stephen Addiss ; essays by Stephen Addiss ... [et al.].
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- New York : G. Braziller ; Lawrence : Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1985.
- Description
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Other contributors
- Addiss, Stephen, 1935-2022 Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. Asia Society. Galleries.
- Other titles
- Japanese ghosts and demons.
- Notes
- "Exhibition schedule, Asia Society Gallery, New York, June 13-September 1, 1985; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, September 29-December 22, 1985; Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, March 6-April 13, 1986; University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, June 11-September 14, 1986"--Verso t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192).
- Contents
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- Introduction / Akira Y. Yamamoto
- One hundred demons and one hundred supernatural tales / Midori Deguchi
- Yūrei : tales of female ghosts / Brenda Jordan
- The male ghost in kabuki and ukiyo-e / James L. Secor, Stephen Addiss
- Sennin : the immortals of Taoism / Janet Carpenter
- Shōki the demon queller / Matthew Welch
- Oni : the Japanse demon / Juliann Wolfgram
- Tengu, the mountain goblin / Pat Fister
- The trickster in Japan : tanuki and kitsune / Brenda Jordan
- Snakes, serpents, and humans / Jamie Lillywhite, Akira Y. Yamamoto
- Two and a half worlds : humans, animals, and in-between / Fumiko Y. Yamamoto, Akira Y. Yamamoto
- Conclusion : the supernatural in Japanese art / Stephen Addiss.
- Subject headings
- Art--Japan--Exhibitions.
- ISBN
- 0807611255 0807611263 (pbk.)