Name: GeGeGe no Kitaro Yokai File by Shigeru Mizuki
SKU: 9784062210522
Availability: InStock

Shigeru Mizuki, the creator of “GeGeGe no Kitaro,” has created a “super precise” comprehensive collection of Japanese yokai! It covers 199 yokai from the Kitaro family, familiar from the anime, and yokai from all over Japan!

[Kitaro Family]
Kitaro, Medama Oyaji, Neko Musume, Nezumi Otoko, Sunakake Baba, Konaki Jiji, Ittan Momen, Nurikabe

[Yokai from Japan and the World]
Amabie, Akai, Akaname, Azuki Arai, Abura Sumashi, Amanojaku, Amefuri Kozo, Iso Onna, Hitotsume Kozo, Iyami, Umibozu, Uwan, Werewolf, Odoro Odoro, Oboroguruma, Karakasa, Kappa, Kijimuna, Ushi Oni, Kyubi no Kitsune, Zashiki Warashi, Mizuchi, Sune Kozuri

And a total of 199 yokai are featured!

Category：Japanese Characters Book, Japanese Culture Book, Japanese Illustration Book

Tag：Gegege no Kitaro, Yokai

Pages：: 248
ISBN：: 9784062210522
Release Date:: March, 2018
Language:: Japanese
Publisher:: Kodansha

Author profile

Shigeru Mizuki

A manga artist, and a leading figure in yokai paintings and yokai research. Born in 1922, he grew up in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. During the Pacific War, he was deployed to the fierce battleground of Rabaul, where he was bombed and lost his left arm. After returning from the war, he became a kamishibai artist, and later turned to rental manga. In 2003, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. In 2007, he won the Best Comic Book Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for “NonNonBa.” In 2010, he was recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit and honored as a Tottori Prefecture Honorary Citizen. He received the Will Eisner Award for Best Asian Work for “Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths” in 2012 and “Showa: A History of Japan” in 2015. He passed away on November 30, 2015, at the age of 93. Other notable works include “GeGeGe no Kitaro,” “Kappa no Sanpei,” and “Akuma-kun.”