Yamamba : in search of the Japanese mountain witch /

Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific era...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Copeland, Rebecca L., 1956- (Editor), Ehrlich, Linda C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, California : Stone Bridge Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Ōba, Minako. > Smile of the mountain witch.
Witches > Folklore.
Witches in literature.
Witches in art.
Sorcières > Folklore.
Sorcières dans la littérature.
Sorcières dans l'art.
Witches
Witches in art
Witches in literature
Japan > Folklore.
Japan
Folklore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Interview: Yamamba on the Noh Stage: With Noh Actors Uzawa Hisa and Uzawa Hikaru / Ann Sherif
  • Poetry: Yamamba's Mountains / Linda C. Ehrlich
  • Short Story: Blue Ridge Yamamba / Rebecca Copeland
  • Commentary: A Yamamba Shrinebox / Laura Miller
  • Short Story: An Encounter in Aokigahara / David Holloway
  • Short Story: The Smile of a Mountain Witch (Yamamba no bisho) / Oba Minako
  • Poetry: Yamamba's Laughter and Other Poems: An Introduction / Mizuta Noriko
  • Interview: Dancing the Yamamba: With Yokoshi Yasuko / Rebecca Copeland.

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