书名：Yokai Monsters: By the Great Masters of Japanese Woodblock Printing / 妖怪绘卷：浮世绘巨匠笔下的妖怪物语
定价：240.0
ISBN：9783791394220
作者：Philippe Charlier
版次：1
出版时间：2026-03

内容提要：

书名：Yokai Monsters: By the Great Masters of Japanese Woodblock Printing / 妖怪：日本木版画大师笔下的怪物
作者：Philippe Charlier
出版：Prestel，2026年
装帧：精装，189页（丝质封面，彩色书口，瑞士与日本式管状装订，丝带系绳）
语种：英文
尺寸：约 24.0 × 18.0 cm 

这本装帧精美的图录通过日本最伟大版画家的视角，探索了日本最令人难忘的妖怪。日本民间传说中充斥着从井底爬出、穿行森林或寄居于废弃器物中的妖异生灵，这些妖怪长期映射着深层的文化焦虑。妖怪的影响至今仍通过漫画、动画和恐怖电影持续存在。本书是作者畅销书《妖怪幽灵》的续作，从神话、栖息地和行为角度审视这些存在，揭示它们所承载的人类恐惧与欲望。全书按主题编排，聚焦动物灵、附身器物、女妖等类型，并收录北斋、国芳、芳年、国贞和芳盛等大师的一百多幅木版画，生动呈现了这些妖怪形象。

This exquisitely produced volume with a silk cover, colored edges, Swiss and Japanese tube binding, and ribbon ties explores Japan’s most haunting monsters through the eyes of its greatest printmakers. Japanese folklore teems with strange and spectral beings—yōkai that slither from wells, creep through forests, or inhabit forgotten household objects. These creatures have long reflected deep cultural anxieties and obsessions. Their influence endures today, pulsing through manga, anime, and horror cinema like walking nightmares haunting our daily lives. In follow up to his bestselling Yo?kai Ghosts, Charlier examines these beings through their myths, habitats, and behaviors, uncovering the human fears and desires they embody. With the voice of a storyteller and the insight of a scholar, he traces how these spirits emerged from a world lit only by lanterns, when shadow and silence gave rise to the imagination's most haunting macabre inventions. Organized thematically, the book's chapters focus on particular types of yōkai—animal spirits, haunted objects, female demons, and more—placing them in their cultural and historical context while revealing their continued relevance. More than a hundred woodblock prints by artists such as Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, Kunisada, and Yoshimori bring these monsters vividly to life. Their dramatic and often humorous depictions helped shape how yōkai were seen and understood in the nineteenth century—and laid the foundation for visual traditions that continue today.