{"title":"Sekien Toriyama","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"toriyama-sekien-art-book-book-sekien-toriyama-9784044051013","title":"Toriyama Sekien Art Book","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547079614737,"sku":"GOR010709343","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50136218763537,"sku":"CIN4044051011G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/4044051011.jpg?v=1750936002"},{"product_id":"sekien-toriyamas-japandemonium-illustrated-book-sekien-toriyama-9780486800356","title":"Sekien Toriyamas Japandemonium Illustrated","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fascinating, scholarly, beautifully illustrated, miscellanea of strange beasts, quelling demons, and otherworldly apparitions. \u003ci\u003eJapandemonium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustrated\u003c\/i\u003e will instruct you, amaze you, and transport you to a quintessential realm of Japanese lore. -- Guillermo del Toro, filmmaker\u003cbr\u003eSuch beautiful nightmares -- why bother to wake up? Long before Pokemon took to the streets, the Japanese saw monsters everywhere and in everything. Scholarly without being monstrously studious, Sekien's classic compendia of outlandish everyday demons compiled in this one fiendishly clever volume is sure to enchant even the most rational readers (poor misguided souls ) I sleep less now that I recognize the tenjo-name behind the spots on the ceiling. -- Alfred Birnbaum, editor\/translator of \u003ci\u003eMonkey Brain Sushi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJapanese folklore abounds with bizarre creatures collectively referred to as the yokai ― the ancestors of the monsters populating Japanese film, literature, manga, and anime. Artist Toriyama Sekien (1712-88) was the first to compile illustrated encyclopedias detailing the appearances and habits of these creepy-crawlies from myth and folklore. Ever since their debut over two centuries ago, the encyclopedias have inspired generations of Japanese artists. \u003ci\u003eJapandemonium Illustrated \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the very first time they have ever been available in English.\u003cbr\u003eThis historically groundbreaking compilation includes complete translations of all four of Sekien's yokai masterworks: the 1776 \u003ci\u003eGazu Hyakki Yagyō \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Demon Horde's Night Parade\u003c\/i\u003e), the 1779 \u003ci\u003eKonjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Demon Horde from Past and Present, Continued\u003c\/i\u003e), the 1781 \u003ci\u003eKonjaku Hyakki Shū \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eMore of the Demon Horde from Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e), and the 1784 \u003ci\u003eHyakki Tsurezure Bukuro\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eA Horde of Haunted Housewares\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection is complemented by a detailed introduction and helpful annotations for modern-day readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50814118068497,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50814118265105,"sku":"CIN0486800350G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53070652965137,"sku":"GOR008575743","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486800350.jpg?v=1750741726"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-sekien-toriyama.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}