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	Norman A. Rubin: Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore
		Japanese demons are not altogether evil but are also tricksters and enjoy playing practical jokes.
		In Japanese folklore there are tales told of people who turned into snakes after death because of their evil ways and their miserly habits.
		There are four types of dragons in Japanese mythology: the heavenly dragons who guard the palace of the gods, the spiritual dragons who bring the blessed rain, the earth dragons who determine the course of rivers, and the dragons who are the guardians of all earthly treasures.
	www.asianart.com /articles/rubin (3058 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Japanese folklore
		Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group.
		Japanese folklore is often divided into several categories: "mukashibanashi," tales of long-ago; "namidabanashi", sad stories; "obakebanashi", ghost stories; "ongaeshibanashi", stories of repaying kindness; "tonchibanashi", witty stories; "waraibanashi", funny stories; and "yokubaribanashi", stories of greed.
		The nickname of the Japanese crested ibis is "nipponia nippon." The Japanese crested ibis is on the verge of extinction.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese-folklore (2281 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Oni (Japanese folklore)
		The Japanese capital itself moved northeast from Nagaoka to Kyoto in the 8th century.
		Japanese buildings sometimes include oni-faced roof tiles, which are thought to ward away bad luck, much as gargoyles in Western tradition.
		Oni (鬼;) are the Demons and Ogres of Japanese folklore.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Oni-(Japanese-folklore) (2056 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Folklore
		Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth, common to a particular population, comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group.
		The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological goals; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals.
		In mathematics and some related disciplines, the term folklore is used to refer to any result in a field of study which is widely known by practitioners of that field, but considered too trivial or unoriginal to be worth publishing by itself in the research literature.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Folklore (916 words)

	AAS Abstracts: Japan Session 55 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Recently, however, folklore scholarship has been changing: rather than focusing on the text, and attempting to trace its historical origins, folklorists have been seeking to understand the role played by an item of folklore for the living folk group in which the item exists.
		The kappa is a mischievous water goblin of Japanese folklore; versions of the kappa belief and the legends and folktales associated with it are found throughout Japan.
		In particular it might be valuable to probe the borders between folklore and folklorism (essentially the appropriation of folklore for commercial and other purposes).
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1997abst/japan/j55.htm (981 words)

	Oni (Japanese folklore)
		Oni (鬼) are fabulous creatures from Japanese folklore, similar to Western demons or ogres.
		In the earliest legends, oni were benevolent creatures said to be able to ward off evil and malevolent spiritss and to punish evil-doers.
		The Japanese capital itself moved northeast from Nagaoka to Kyoto in the 10th century.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/o/on/oni__japanese_folklore_.html (491 words)

	Japanese Bobtail CAT BREEDERS
		The Japanese revered these cats for their grace and beauty, and the cats were prized and kept in the temples and homes of the Imperial Japanese families for many years.
		At some point between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, when the Japanese silk industry grew in importance and when mice threatened to destroy the silkworms and their cocoons from which the precious silk was harvested, the government decided that cats should be set free to protect the silk industry and the grain stores.
		The Japanese Bobtail is a medium-sized cat with clean lines and bone structure, well muscled but straight and slender rather than massive in build.
	www.breedersden.com /japanese_bobtail.htm (1154 words)

	Regional Folklore and Mythology
		Australian Folklore is a yearly journal of folklore studies, edited and published at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia.
		Japanese Myth by Cycle recounts the stories of the Palace under the Sea, the Lord of the Land, the Sun Behind the Rock, the Serpent with Eight Heads, and the Underworld.
		Japanese Starlore offers the story of the separation of Orihime and Kengyu, the role of the Pleiades and Great Bear in Japanese folklore, and much more about the history of astronomy in Japan.
	www.pibburns.com /mythregi.htm (5605 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		are creatures from Japanese folklore, similar to Western demons, ogres, and trolls.
		Monkey statues are also thought to guard against oni, since the Japanese word for monkey, saru, is a homophone for the word for "leaving".
		Depending on the context in which it is used, it can have connotations of "children who do not act like their parents are not true human beings (because real human children always take after their parents)," and may be used by a parent to chastise a misbehaving child.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Oni_(Japanese_folklore) (641 words)

	Japanese Stories (Myth-Folklore Online)
		The earliest records of Japanese history date to around the year 400 C.E., and by around the year 500 C.E. a powerful family (the Yamatos) moved from the southern part of Japan towards the center of Japan (map) and settled in the area of Kyoto (map).
		For much of its modern history, Japanese society was divided into five hierarchical classes: the daimyo (feudal barons and landholders) the samurai (aristocratic warriors, the retainers of the barons), followed by peasants, craftsmen, and merchants.
		In folklore, the tanuki is a shape-shifter (and so is the red fox, or "kitsune," an animal closely associated with the tanuki in Japanese folklore).
	www.mythfolklore.net /3043mythfolklore/reading/japan/background.htm (1020 words)

	FAQs about Myths and Monsters of Japan
		Japanese folklore is something that would be fun sometime to have you explore in Usagi, the whole rich tradition of myth and demonology and stuff that's in Japanese folklore.
		Japanese folklore took the art of invisibility literally and imbued the ninja with magical powers such as transformation, weather manipulation, and, of course, invisibility.
		It is a trickster in Japanese folktales, though it does have a very dark side, as in the story of "The Tanuki and the Rabbit," in which it tricks a man into eating his wife for supper (a friendly rabbit gets revenge for them).
	www.usagiyojimbo.com /other/faq/monsters.html (1884 words)

	Japanese Studies
		Today the Japanese Studies Division at AMES offers a wide range of academic and research programs on the graduate and post-graduate levels, providing academicians and researchers with a multitude of options from which to choose their specializations.
		Faculty research on Japanese Studies includes the humanities and the social sciences with particular strength in Buddhism, contemporary sociology of medicine/bioethics, Japanese civilization, Japanese literature, political and diplomatic history, history and philosophy of martial arts, performing arts, pre-modern Japanese architecture and archaeology, political and d plomatic history, medieval studies, Tokugawa studies, and women's studies.
		For example, the teaching of Japanese literature blends with women's studies; Japanese art and architecture dovetails with archaeology; and the study of Buddhism compounds holistically with cultural, philosophical, and sociological issues in terms of Japanese civilization.
	www.library.upenn.edu /collections/policies/japanese.html (963 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the most well-known aspects of Japanese folklore is the oni, which is a sort of mountain-dwelling ogre, usually depicted with red, blue, brown or fl skin, two horns on its head, a wide mouth filled with fangs, and wearing nothing but a tigerskin loincloth.
		Various kinds of yÅkai are encountered in folklore and folklore-inspired art and literature, particularly manga and Japanese horror.
		Hawaiian folklorist Glen Grant was known for his "Obake Files", a series of reports he developed about supernatural incidents in Hawaii; the grand bulk of these incidents and reports were of Japanese origin, though in retelling have been much modified from their original forms in Japanese folklore.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Yokai (814 words)

	Japanese Herb History - Planet Botanic Canada
		The myth regarding the establishment of ancient Japanese dynasty relates that one of the deities treated a rabbit suffering from scrape with the pollens of a kind of reeds, Gama (Typha angustifolia L.), which is allegedly the first description of medicinal herb in Japanese literature.
		While people in Japanese islands were passing Joumon era when characters were unknown, in China, a book called “Shinnou-kyo” (meaning the scripture of the god of agriculture) was allegedly written by a mythical emperor god, Shinnnou (meaning the god of agriculture) after he tried one hundred herbs a day to check the properties.
		Japanese madder, Rubia akane Nakai is another example, whose root was used to dye cloth madder red in old days, but fell into disuse.
	www.planetbotanic.ca /fact_sheets/japanese_herbs/japanese_herb_history.htm (3669 words)

	Norman A. Rubin: Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore
		Japanese demons are not altogether evil but are also tricksters and enjoy playing practical jokes.
		In Japanese folklore there are tales told of people who turned into snakes after death because of their evil ways and their miserly habits.
		There are four types of dragons in Japanese mythology: the heavenly dragons who guard the palace of the gods, the spiritual dragons who bring the blessed rain, the earth dragons who determine the course of rivers, and the dragons who are the guardians of all earthly treasures.
	asianart.com /articles/rubin (3058 words)

	Discover Japan: Legends & Folklore \| japanese legends, japanese folklore, japanese samurai legends, japanese folk ...
		The Japanese, whose race is highly regarded for its deep and rich cultural sense, have a vast lineup of myths in the form of legends and folklore (collectively known as Japanese mythology), which ranks with the best of the world.
		Although these were influenced by ancient Chinese traditions and culture, Japanese legends and folklore are on a league of their own.
		Given the vast and diverse history of Japanese legends and folklore, their influence had an effect not only in Japanese literature, but also in other aspects of Japanese society such as politics, cultural background, and even the country’s history.
	www.japandiscovery.com /culture_arts/legends_folklore/index.html (209 words)

	Tanuki - Japanese God of Restauranteers, Japanese Buddhism & Shintoism Photo Dictionary
		In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune (fox) and Tanuki (this page) are considered masters of transformation, as is the Tengu, the bird-man goblin of the forest and mountain who is revered as the slayer of vanity and pride.
		The Tanuki is said to love Japanese sake (rice wine), and is often depicted with a sake bottle in one hand (usually purchased with fake money made from leaves) and a promissory note in the other (a bill it never pays).
		The Japanese tanuki and the fox (kitsune) are the most popular animals attributed with magical powers.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/tanuki.shtml (2009 words)

	Kitsune - The Japanese fox
		Although the first signs of their arrival were modest, they flourished, and soon were one of the staples of Japanese folklore.
		Japanese men do not have kitsune friends whom they visit at home for drinking parties and gossip.
		"Japanese Dog Folklore" is an excerpt of "The Goblin Fox and Badger and Other Witch Animals of Japan" hosted on the WEREWeb.
	academia.issendai.com /fox-japanese.shtml (1137 words)

	Vintage Arts, Regional Art, Asian, Japanese on Trocadero
		Japanese mid 20th century wooden carvings of Daikoku and Ebisu.
		The beautifully carved pair was actually made around the 1960's or earlier as according to the writing on the back, they were presented to a family in the fall of 1962.
		Japanese mid 19th century finely carved boxwood OKIMONO of King of Hell being massaged by a devil.
	www.trocadero.com /directory/Vintage_Arts:Regional_Art:Asian:Japanese2300.html (689 words)

	Japanese Art
		However, having in the past published two exquisite books on Japanese literary themes, Tu Tze-Chun [To Shi Shun] (Kodansha International, 1964) and The Tale of the Shining Princess [Taketori Monogatari] (Kodansha International, 1966), she took a positive interest in the classical Japanese materials that ALIS suggested.
		There are a number of books on Japanese art in English, but many spend a great deal of time on one particular period (usually the period the author prefers) and writes about the rest as though they were "add-ons".
		Japanese Buddhist icons were regarded, more often than not, as living presences with considerable apotropaic and salvific power.
	www.wordtrade.com /arts/japaneseartR.htm (3389 words)

	Japanese wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until late in the nineteenth century, for example, almost no Japanese would slaughter a four-legged animal, relying instead on fish for their animal protein.
		Then there is the sexagenary cycle, or Eto, of the ancient Chinese calendrical system, in which one animal (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog, and boar) represents each subcycle of twelve years.
		The Japanese serow is similar to the North American mountain goat&emdash; in more ways than one.
	mail.rutherford.k12.nj.us /~ecor/japanese_wildlife.htm (713 words)

	Kawaii Culture: Japanese Ghosts
		Some Japanese folktales and ghost stories center around water because it is viewed as an avenue to reach the spirit world.
		Another type common in folklore is ubume, a mother who died comes back to care for her children, often visiting sweet shop owners so they may buy candy for their children.
		The Japanese dress in ceremonial kimonos and yukatas and dance in large circles, sometimes using fans or towels as props.
	www.tokyopop.com /524.html (1295 words)

	Japanese Folklore Origami Cranes - OrigamiGuide.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		According to Japanese folklore, 1,000 origami cranes symbolize a long and happy life, and the tradition...
		In Japanese folklore, there is a story that says if you fold 1,000 paper cranes and make a...
		Japanese folklore says that the crane lives for 1000 years.
	www.origamiguide.com /origami-butterfly/Japanese-folklore-origami-cranes.html (384 words)

	Japanese Course Listings
		Discussion of many seemingly idiosyncratic characteristics of Japanese syntax and semantics in light of word-order typology and universal grammar, often in form of a contrastive analysis of Japanese and English.
		Use of fiction and film to explore Japanese culture in postwar era in a broad cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural context.
		General survey of Japanese thought from early to modern times, including analyses of Shinto mythology, forms of Confucianism, ethic of bushido, National Learning School, and modern Japanese philosophers such as Nishida Kitaro and Watsuji Tetsuro.
	www.registrar.ucla.edu /archive/catalog/1999_01/catalog-238.htm (1631 words)

	Encyclopedia Mythica: Areas
		Folklore from all over the world, including cryptozoology.
		The most famous heroes and heroines from many cultures, among which Greek, Japanese, and Norse.
		Area with various interesting mythology and folklore related items, such as Witchcraft and the Arabian Nights.
	www.pantheon.org /areas (125 words)

	Japanese Stories & Folklore - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
		In that book there is reference made to "the old Japanese legend that says that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will have a wish granted." She wants to know specifically what that legend is, or if there really is one.
		Cranes or "tsuru" in Japanese, are possibly one of the oldest birds on earth and has a long history in Japanese traditions and legends.
		The Japanese Badger is really not a badger at all, it is a Tanuki (Nyctereutes Procyonoides.) It is a member of the dog family and, contrary to popular belief, is not related to the badger.
	www.story-lovers.com /listsjapanesestories.html (3591 words)

	Amazon.com: Japanese Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library): Books: Royall Tyler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Japanese tale shares with the German elements of violence and vulgarity but is finally closest to the hearty bawdiness and comic earthiness of the French and the English tales.
		Edited and translated with the surest possible touch, Japanese Tales opens a window on a fabulous, faraway world, populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, supernatural creatures, and a vast assortment of deities and demons in all sizes and shapes.
		Japanese Tales is a collection of 220 stories and each is more interesting than the last.
	www.amazon.com /Japanese-Tales-Pantheon-Folklore-Library/dp/0394756568 (2006 words)

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