I’ve had a big interest in Japanese folklore for a while now, and I was wondering about good English language books on the topic. I’m interested in fairy tales, (like Momotaro, Kintaro, Urashima the Fisherman, etc.) religion, (I’d like to learn more about the Shinto Gods and practices) and mythology (stuff like Yokai) I’ve heard ‘The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore’ by Michael Dylan Foster is pretty good. ‘Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien’ looks pretty interesting as well, though it seems hard to come by.
by Lunacial