What do you know of the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore? And how have these figures found their way into every corner of our popular culture? Unspookable producer Nate DuFort sits down this week with Thersa Matsuura to find out more while discussing her latest, The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth. That and more on this episode of Unspookable.

Host: Elise Parisian with Nate DuFort

Created, Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case

Logo by: Natalie Khuen

Episode artwork by Michelle Wang from The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai

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The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth by By Thersa Matsuura,

Illustrated by Michelle Wang is available NOW from Adams Media, an imprint of Simon and Schuster.

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