TY - BOOK AU - Eastburn,Melanie TI - Japan supernatural: ghosts, goblins and monsters 1700's to now SN - 9781741741469 (pbk.) : U1 - 704.9'47'0952 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Sydney PB - Art Gallery of New South Wales KW - Yōkai (Japanese folklore) in art KW - Ghosts in art KW - Art, Japanese KW - Edo period, 1600-1868 KW - 1868- KW - Art and Design KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Specialized N2 - 'Japan Supernatural' presents wildly imaginative works by Japanese artists past and present, from historical master Katsushika Hokusai to contemporary superstar Takashi Murakami. It takes readers on a journey of discovery of the astonishing array of yokai culture and yurei (ghosts) - phenomenal beings from fiendish goblins through to mischievous shapeshifters - that have inhabited Japanese culture for centuries. Once serving the purpose of explaining the unexplainable, they have been kept alive through folklore and legend in stories and artworks. While over time these creatures and characters have moved from being believed in to a form of entertainment ranging from horror to the comical they have maintained an ongoing presence in Japanese art and society in novels, films, anime, manga and games ER -