Japanese demon lore : oni, from ancient times to the present /
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- An overview: what are oni?
- Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni
- Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space
- Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother
- Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni
- The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army
- Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese
- Oni in manga, anime, and film
- Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.