Jókai: Japonské nadprirodzené javy a bytosti

by Andreas Marks, Martin Katuščák (Translator), František Paulovič (Translator)

Fascinujúci panteón japonských nadprirodzených bytostí

V tejto rozsiahlej knižnej zbierke nájdete démonov (jókai), duchov a zjavenia (júrei), duchov v hrách kabuki, čarodejníkov (jodžucuši), diablov či čertov (oni) a duše hľadajúce pomstu (onrjó) – mýtické javy a bytosti z folklóru a ľudovej kultúry, ktoré dodnes nadchýnajú čitateľov tradičných príbehov či komiksov manga. Kniha je encyklopedickým kaleidoskopom stovky takýchto bytostí s ich podrobnými opismi a ikonografiou.

Každá bytosť je vyobrazená na ukážkach z pôvodných japonských drevorezov, kníh a obrazov z 18. a 19. storočia z múzeí, knižníc a zo súkromných zbierok po celom svete. Ilustrácie zobrazujú „originálne“ tradičné podoby a vzhľad týchto bytostí, ktoré tvoria základ všetkých ich neskorších zobrazení. Medzi najvýznamnejšie diela patria dva maľované zvitky – Zbierka strašidiel a Nočný sprievod stovky démonov – z fondu Minneapoliského inštitútu umenia, ktoré sú prvý raz reprodukované práve v tejto knihe.

Objavte pôvodné maľby a tlače 100 japonských duchov, démonov, strašidiel a čarodejníkov.

Genres: Art, Japan, Nonfiction, Folklore, Mythology, Cultural

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 11, 2023

Reviews

[Zuzana Be · Rating 3 out of 5]

Encyklopédia o 100 vybraných yokai. Keďže autor je hlavný kurátor japonského a kórejského umenia v Minneapolis Institute of Art, v knihe je najmä faktografická zbierka drevorezov, ktoré sa v Inštitúte nachádzajú (aj s tým, kto im ho daroval a prečo; to mi prišli už dosť zbytočné informácie, ale teda som sa dozvedela, že veľa drevorezov vymenil ako dar Edmond Freis na pamiatku jeho rodičov Rose a Leona Freisovcov - naložte s touto informáciou ako uznáte za vhodné), ale aj z iných múzeí po svete, s info kto, kedy, prečo a krátkym príbehom v pozadí diela.

Ale inak celkom fajn, ak sa chcete dozvedieť trochu bližšie o japonskom umení a prečo tvorili obsah, ktorý tvorili.

[Pedro Pascoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A visual romp through Japanese Yokai, Yurei, Kabuki ghosts, Yojutsushi (Magicians), Oni and Onryo (Vengeful spirits).

Thick on images, thin on supporting text, this volume makes no apology for not being definitive nor exhausting on its subject. Interestingly the main body of work drawn on appears to be from collections held in US museums, particularly the one that the author is curator of. While this makes perfect sense, it does beg the question of what else could be out there, particularly in japan itself, that could also have been more largely drawn upon.

Some of the images are downright comical, others look like they belong on a stoner metal album cover (I'm looking at you, Gama Sennin), while others still sound like euphemisms (Captain Hairy Spear, for example). But by and large they are a great insight and window into Japanese supernatural apparitions, and this volume does contain a complete representation of the delightful 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' (cue Earthless album of the same name), and the book in its entirety was a delightful romp taken bite size at a time to fully savour the weird taste of the Japanese supernatural.

[Michael Doherty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let's say you were interested in Japanese woodblock art, like Hosukai's Great Wave, and you go to an exhibit of the same. You realize, as you look through the collection of varied block prints that much of Manga art as we know it evolved from this technique. And fundamental to that art were the illustrations of Japanese folk tales. Complete with demons, ghosts, legends, ogres and so on. So on the way out you pick up this book from the gift shop, pre-Halloween. And then you can't put it down because it is both crazy and crazy interesting. Lots of interesting depictions of ghouls, ghosts, demons. I guess one fault might be they waste a lot of print on the provenance of where the current art resides with the "So and so family trust" etc where a much simpler attribution could be made. Sometimes the conceit of "100" is a little stale and could probably be broadened to ever more contemporary depictions, or monsters that have stood the test of time, like Godzilla, Mothra etc don't get a guernsey and yet they are in the international lexicon of Japanese Monsters....

[Lilith · Rating 5 out of 5]

A who's who's in the supernatural world of Janpanesse mystical and magical beings. Book offeres a brief description of each ones orgin along with personality of the entities and how they can torment their victims . Listed by category such as Demons Ghosts Ogres spirits and so on. Each page is beautifully illustrated with artwork ,with artists name ,medium and what museum they can be found in. A book I would love to own refer back to and add to my collection.

[Dylan Rock · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating look at the rich and varied creatures that populate Japan's mythology and Folklore with book is lavishly illustrated with artwork.

[Jan Devrim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book about Japanese Myts. Any writer / reader interested in mythology must read.