{"product_id":"kaibyo-the-supernatural-cats-of-japan","title":"Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn in-depth exploration of the sometimes charming, sometimes gruesome feline creatures and ghosts of Japan. Davisson illuminates the vast realm of kaibyō, or supernatural cats, with historical and modern cultural context. Lushly illustrated in full color with dozens of ukiyo-e prints and drawings. A must-have book for the Japanophile and cat-lover alike  First in a forthcoming series about the supernatural animals of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaibyō The Supernatural Cats of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely diverting and stunningly produced celebration of the phantom feline in its myriad of manifestations--some alluring, others humorous and many outright terrifying. Award-winning translator, writer, lecturer, manga scholar, Japanese folklore expert and author of \u003ci\u003eYūrei: The Japanese Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, Zach Davisson is the ideal guide to this furred and fanged underworld. An expertly researched and engagingly penned text is embellished by the inclusion of an intriguing selection of uncanny cat tales by other authors and centuries' old legends newly-translated by Mr. Davisson. The publishers must be congratulated for creating a book of extraordinary lavishness. Although a paperback release, no expense has been spared in an exquisitely-designed book brimming with a toothsome array of full-color artwork reproductions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereview by Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino, co-authors of \u003ci\u003eInfinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Marchesa Casati: Portraits of a Muse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZack Davisson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eYūrei: The Japanese Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e (Chin Music Press), translator of Eisner Award-winning and Harvey-nominated Shigeru Mizuki's \u003cem\u003eShowa 1926-1939: A History of Japan\u003c\/em\u003e, and a 2014 nominee of the Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize. Other translation works include the famous folklore comic Kitaro (Drawn and Quarterly) and the works of Satoshi Kon (Dark Horse).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chin Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329507803236,"sku":"9781634059169","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/kaibyo-the-supernatural-cats-of-japan","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}