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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 23:31:48 +0000

In reply to Margareth. Hi Margareth! My inugami entry is in my book The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits. The Book of Yokai was written by Michael Dylan Foster, not by me. I don't remember inugami being a part of it, however.

By: Margareth

Margareth — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 04:26:52 +0000

hi Matt i want to ask you, is there inugami story in your book “The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore”?

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By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:06:54 +0000

In reply to Filip Källman. No need to apologize for the requests, I really appreciate them! :) I'm glad to hear from people who are as enthusiastic about yokai as I am. I do plan on adding more about kitsune in my next book, including more on famous kitsune like Tamamo no Mae (whom I've covered before). Definitely post a comment whenever you have a yokai you want to see, and I'll do my best to get around to them at some point. Thanks for reading!

By: Filip Källman

Filip Källman — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:31:54 +0000

Oh, whoops. I guess I must’ve under the impression that the Ko-Tengu and the Karasu-Tengu were two different yōkai. Anyway, love your work. And since I was throwing ideas your way anyway, the Ōkami would do nicely to complete the animal-yōkai set together with the foxes, cats, raccoons, weasels and most recently dogs you’ve already covered. Speakig of foxes, would there be any point to elaborating on the Kyūbi? Sure, it’s technically kitsune but the kyuubi seem to have traits unique to them as well as stories, like the famous tale of Tamamo-no-Mae. Sorry for the millions of requests, I just love yōkai and your book along with the A-Yōkai-A-Day sries is not only the best depictions of yōkai since Toriyama Sekien, but probably also the greatest english-language resource of information.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:10:24 +0000

In reply to Filip Källman. Sure, I'll see what I can do. :-) Karasu-tengu is already in my book, so I'll see if I can get the other 3 in this month. Thanks for the requests!

By: Filip Källman

Filip Källman — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:42:05 +0000

Do you think you’ll be able to do one on the Kejōrō, the Ao-bōzu, the Karasu-Tengu or the Yosuzume? Partly because I think the people who already read your book would be extremely interested in learning about many yōkai not in it and partly because you’d probably be able to easily create a sequel to it by just putting together entries from A-Yōkai-A-Day.