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Yokainoshima : island of monsters : Japanese folk rituals / Charles Fréger ; with text contributions by Ryoko Sekiguchi, Toshiharu Ito and Akihiro Hatanaka.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French, Japanese Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2022Edition: Reprint editionDescription: 255 pages : color illustrations (chiefly photographs) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500544594
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 779.93942 22 FRE
Contents:
On the island of the Yōkai / Ryoko Sekiguchi -- Pure Yōkai : the Japanese spirit and festivals and Charles Fréger's Yokainoshima / Toshiharu Ito -- Sacred visitants to Japanese festivals / Akihiro Hatanaka -- Description of characters and groups / Akihiro Hatanaka.
Summary: "In rural Japan the passage of the year is marked by festivals and rituals that have changed little for centuries. Elaborate outfits, crafted from textiles as well as branches, straw and elements sourced from the natural environment, are donned in agricultural and fishing communities throughout Japan to celebrate seasonal rites of fertility and abundance. Yokainoshima (literally 'island of monsters') explores the extraordinary range of masks, costumes and characters that reappear with each returning season. Charles Fréger's photographs combine acute documentary attentiveness with individual portraiture in an entirely fresh and distinctive style."--Publisher's website.
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Explores the extraordinary ranges of masks, costumes and characters that are donned in agricultural and fishing communities throughout Japan to celebrate seasonal rites of fertility and abundance.

On the island of the Yōkai / Ryoko Sekiguchi -- Pure Yōkai : the Japanese spirit and festivals and Charles Fréger's Yokainoshima / Toshiharu Ito -- Sacred visitants to Japanese festivals / Akihiro Hatanaka -- Description of characters and groups / Akihiro Hatanaka.

"In rural Japan the passage of the year is marked by festivals and rituals that have changed little for centuries. Elaborate outfits, crafted from textiles as well as branches, straw and elements sourced from the natural environment, are donned in agricultural and fishing communities throughout Japan to celebrate seasonal rites of fertility and abundance. Yokainoshima (literally 'island of monsters') explores the extraordinary range of masks, costumes and characters that reappear with each returning season. Charles Fréger's photographs combine acute documentary attentiveness with individual portraiture in an entirely fresh and distinctive style."--Publisher's website.

Translated from the French and Japanese.

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