Yokai Bestiary

Yokai Bestiary is an illustrated compendium of the beastly ghosts and supernatural animals that stalk the folklore of Japan. Tales of their often humorous antics as well as the horror they wreak on humanity are recounted by folklorist Zack Davisson and gorgeously illustrated with twenty original woodcut prints by Liv Rainey-Smith.

Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, lecturer, and scholar of manga and Japanese folklore and ghosts. In addition to Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan, he is the author of Yurei: The Japanese Ghost, Amabie: Ancient & Modern, and Yokai Stories. He is the translator of the multiple Eisner award-winning Showa: A History of Japan.
Davisson contributed to exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the International Folk Art Museum, and Werldmuseum Rotterdamn, lectured on Japanese folklore and manga at Duke University, UCLA, the Japan Foundation, and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He has been featured on NPR, the BBC, in the New York Times, and has written articles for Smithsonian Magazine, Japanzine, Metropolis, Kansai Time-Out, and Weird Tales.