Top 10 Books on Japanese Mythology

Top 10 Books on Japanese Mythology

Here is a list of Top 10 books on Japanese mythology. Japanese mythology has Yokai or monsters which plays a huge role in Japanese mythology.

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

A massive description and illustration of Japanese Yokai or monsters from the historic folklores of Japan.

Japanese Tales

Japanese Tales

This book is a collection of 220 alluring tales from medieval Japan consisting of ghosts, saints, monsters, miracles, demons, and healers.

Tales of Old Japan

Tales of Old Japan

This is again a compilation of short stories. These stories concentrate on several aspects of Japan and its life before the Meiji Restoration.

Kitsune Tsuki

Kitsune Tsuki

In feudal Japan, a warlord has occupied the Ryuji Tsurugu no Kiyomori, who is a practitioner of the spiritual arts to keep his new bride safe from the fox spirit reported to be close.

The Great Yokai Encyclopedia

The Great Yokai Encyclopedia

Richard Freeman went all out and wrote about every monster – a dragon that impregnates women, blood-sucking trees, perverse water goblins.

Monotagari Tales of Japan

Monotagari Tales of Japan

This book is a collection of Japanese folklore that includes jokes, miracles, legends, illustrations of the renowned Katsushika Hokusai.

A Treasury of Japanese Folktales

A Treasury of Japanese Folktales

This book written by Yuri Yasuda includes 12 of the greatest Japanese legends and tales that have been told generation after generation.

The Book of Yokai

The Book of Yokai

Another Yokai book, this one is written by Michael Dylan Foster. These creatures are of different shapes and sizes.

The Japanese Fairy Book – Yei Theodora Ozaki

The Japanese Fairy Book – Yei Theodora Ozaki

This book is originally written by Sazanami Iwaya and translated by Yei Ozaki. This consists of 22 tales.

Yokai Attacks!

Yokai Attacks!

Yokai are like ghosts, spirits, or whatever term you could match with that sort. Everyone has their definition and description about how they look.