Bibliograph

Yurei:, the Japanese ghost, Zack Davisson

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Yurei:, the Japanese ghost, Zack Davisson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Yurei:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Zack Davisson

Sub title

the Japanese ghost

Summary

"I lived in a haunted apartment." Zack Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Eerie red marks on the apartment's ceiling kept Zack and his wife on edge. The landlord warned them not to open a door in the apartment that led to nowhere. "Our Japanese visitors had no problem putting a name to it . . . they would sense the vibes of the place, look around a bit and inevitably say 'Ahhh . . . yurei ga deteru.' "There is a yurei here." Combining his lifelong interest in Japanese tradition and his personal experiences with these vengeful spirits, Davisson launches an investigation into the origin, popularization, and continued existence of yurei in Japan. Juxtaposing historical documents and legends against contemporary yurei-based horror films such as The Ring, Davisson explores the persistence of this paranormal phenomenon in modern day Japan and its continued spread throughout the West

Target audience

adult

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