{"id":46338,"date":"2020-11-06T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=46338"},"modified":"2020-11-06T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:06:02","slug":"japan-insights-spirits-of-the-countryside-exploring-the-folklore-and-yokai-of-rural-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2020\/11\/06\/japan-insights-spirits-of-the-countryside-exploring-the-folklore-and-yokai-of-rural-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Insights\u2014Spirits of the Countryside Exploring the folklore and yokai of rural Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*********By Makoto Shirai, secretary, Japan-Insights Research Institute (Non-profit organization in Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JIN_TOPIC_20190828063239.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JIN_TOPIC_20190828063239.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JIN_TOPIC_20190828063239-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><br>Hyakki yagyo, <em>1865, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892); Courtesy of International Center for Japanese Studies<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Friends,<br><br>Have you met with Yokai in Japan?<br>Let me introduce an essay from Japan-Insights archives.<br>The third one is on exploring the folklore and yokai of Iwate, Akita and Tottori prefectures.<br>Dr. Michael Dylan Foster introduces the spirits of the countryside of Japan.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/topics.japan-insights.jp\/#spiritsofcountryside\" class=\"aioseop-link\">https:\/\/topics.japan-insights.jp\/#spiritsofcountryside<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/topics.japan-insights.jp\/Public\/pdf\/japan-\ninsights_jp\/topics\/JIN_SpiritsOfCountryside.pdf\n\" class=\"aioseop-link\">https:\/\/topics.japan-insights.jp\/Public\/pdf\/japan-<br>insights_jp\/topics\/JIN_SpiritsOfCountryside.pdf<br><\/a><br>Japan-Insights is a nonprofit open database compiled by leading experts in Japanese studies. 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