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Title Japanese ghosts & demons : art of the supernatural / edited by Stephen Addiss ; essays by Stephen Addiss .. [and others]..

Publication Info. New York : G. Braziller ; Lawrence : Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1985.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  OVERSIZE 709.52 J35J    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Note "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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192).
Contents 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 Japanese 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 Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions.
Ghosts in art -- Exhibitions.
Demonology in art -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Addiss, Stephen, 1935-
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
Asia Society. Galleries.
Added Title Japanese ghosts and demons.
ISBN 0807611255
9780807611258
0807611263 paperback
9780807611265 paperback
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