Guida agli yokai giapponesi

by Shigeru Mizuki, Emilio Martini (Translator)

Finalmente la prima e insostituibile guida visiva pratica agli spiriti e ai mostri del folclore giapponese, raccolti per tipologie e famiglie, con il pratico indice alfabetico, i nomi delle creature sia in italiano, sia in ideogrammi, tutte le descrizioni, i relativi racconti, e soprattutto le meravigliose illustrazioni a colori del grande Shigeru Mizuki. Il mondo misterioso delle creature fantastiche e mitologiche del Giappone finalmente svelato da uno dei più grandi autori di manga di sempre, Shigeru Mizuki.

367 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2022

About the author

Shigeru Mizuki (水木しげる) was a Japanese manga cartoonist, most known for his horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro. He was a specialist in stories of yōkai and was considered a master of the genre. Mizuki was a member of The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, and had travelled to over 60 countries in the world to engage in fieldwork of the yōkai and spirits of different cultures. He has been published in Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, Taiwan, the United States and Italy. He is also known for his World War II memoirs and his work as a biographer.