Le Livre du Hakutaku. Histoires de monstres japonais. Archéologie subaquatique aux côtés de ceux de

aux côtés de ceux de Modigliani et de Soutine

and exchanged as gifts that had value across political borders

even in their private lives

nevertheless consolidated their domination

Le Livre du Hakutaku. Histoires de monstres japonais. Archéologie subaquatique aux côtés de ceux deThis book contains a wide range of monsters and ghosts, some native to Japan, others from foreign cultures and incorporated into Japanese folklore. According to legend, an old emperor received as a gift from a magical animal called, aptly, Hakutaku, an extraordinary work, a sort of "bestiary of monsters" containing information on all the spirits, ghosts, divinities and demons of Japan. Disappeared a very long time ago, this book is said to have