Kitsune

Japan is known worldwide for being an active and populous land. Less well known is the fact that much of its large and hard-working population is invisible. Incalculable dark beings, half diabolical and half divine, swarm in dark corners, behind objects, inside them and even in the bodies of human beings, which they take possession of to carry out misdeeds - or miracles. They are the yo¯kai, incredible protagonists of these superbly illustrated pages in which the reader will meet more than 100 new entities, from vengeful ghosts to the very current demons carrying epidemics, but will especially get to know the kitsune, the fox spirits, the most seductive and unpredictable from all over Japan. Cunning and powerful beings, foxes live in a society no less complex than ours. Always ready to bring ruin to humans, but also study magic for thousands of years until they transform into pure and benevolent spirits. This book is conceived to give a face and a history to the arcane creatures born in Japan and today welcomed with growing enthusiasm into the heritage of world culture.