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  Contents

  Map of Japan

  6

  Language Notes

  8

  Introduction 9

  On the Land

  12

  Hakutaku, Kudan, Kotobuki, Myōbu, Nigawarai, Dōnotsura,

  Shumoku musume, Kanazuchibō, Okka, Sunekosuri, Kosamebō,

  Minobi, Ushirogami, Kazenbō, Yonaki babā, Amazake babā,

  Tsurara onna, Oshiroi babā, Jakotsu babā, Uwabami, Ōmukade,

  Daidarabotchi, Onikuma, Hōkō, Sarugami, Obariyon, Kenmun,

  Bashō no sei, Ninmenju, Akateko, Teke teke, Hōsōshi, Shōki, Sōjōbō,

  Shokuin

  In the Sky

  82

  Seiryū, Suzaku, Byakko, Genbu, Gyokuto, Yatagarasu, Fūri, Raijū,

  Tatarimokke, Shiro ukari, Tennyo, Karyōbinga, Gumyōchō,

  Karura, Yasha

  Under the Water

  114

  Jinja hime, Gangikozō, Tako nyūdō, Unagi hime, Hanzaki, Kōjin,

  Amabie, Akkoro kamui, Atui kakura, Amemasu, Tomokazuki,

  Ōnamazu, Shachihoko, Shussebora, Wani, Shiofuki

  In the House

  146

  Namekujira, Kyōkotsu, Kosodate yūrei, Appossha, Jikininki, Kokuri

  babā, Chirizuka kaiō, Fuguruma yōhi, Hasamidachi, Furuōgi,