Collected Relics from the Tale of Tono
by (japan) Kyogoku Natsuhiko Yanagida Kunio
About This Novel
The thing that best expresses Japanese culture is monsters. Monsters walk in the daytime world, where human poetry and innocence rest. Incomprehensible, incredible, unimaginable, yet incredibly beautiful. The origin of Japanese monster anime. A treasure trove of inspiration from Shigeru Mizuki, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Miya Moro, and Kazuhiro Fujita. Yuki-onna, tengu, red-faced kappa, zashiki boy, fox, Asia's unique monster culture was active in Tono in the ancient times, and is also filled with our current world of comics, movies, and games. There must be mysterious and ancient forms hidden in those mountains and wilderness. Yanagida Kunio, who is regarded by the Japanese as the originator of monster research, traveled far into the mountains to trace the origins of mountain spirits and monsters, and left behind a classic work "The Tale of Tono" that has been handed down for generations.
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