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Yuki-Onna, the icy snow maiden of Japanese lore, might steal your heart, or your life. This harsh winter monster is beautiful and dangerous, the incarnation of winter storms.
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We would like to sincerely thank Hiroko Yoda for her expertise and time. If you want to learn more about her work with yōkai, visit her website AltJapan.com and check out her latest book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide.
Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka
Director: David Schulte
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Producer: Thomas Fernandes
Editor/Animator: P.W. Shelton
Assistant Editor/Animator: Jordyn Buckland
Illustrator: Samuel Allan
Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing
Additional Footage: Shutterstock
Music: APM Music
Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program
Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.
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Bibliography
Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures. Macfarland, 2014.
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. Major Plays of Chikamatsu. Translated by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press, 1990.
Foster, Michael Dylan. The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, University of California Press, 2015.
Komura, Toshiaki. "Translations and Transformations of Snow Women as Exiles: Lafcadio Hearn's 'Yuki-Onna' and Anne Sexton's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'" (2014): 1-30.
McNulty, Anne, and Sato, Eriko. Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English. Tuttle Publishing, 2018.
Papp, Zília. Traditional Monster Imagery in Manga, Anime and Japanese Cinema. Brill, 2010.
The Far East. J. N. Penlington, 1921.
Yuki-Onna, the icy snow maiden of Japanese lore, might steal your heart, or your life. This harsh winter monster is beautiful and dangerous, the incarnation of winter storms.
For audio descriptions, go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive.
*****
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: to.pbs.org/DonateStoried
*****
We would like to sincerely thank Hiroko Yoda for her expertise and time. If you want to learn more about her work with yōkai, visit her website AltJapan.com and check out her latest book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide.
Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka
Director: David Schulte
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Producer: Thomas Fernandes
Editor/Animator: P.W. Shelton
Assistant Editor/Animator: Jordyn Buckland
Illustrator: Samuel Allan
Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing
Additional Footage: Shutterstock
Music: APM Music
Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program
Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.
Follow us on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs
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Bibliography
Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures. Macfarland, 2014.
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon. Major Plays of Chikamatsu. Translated by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press, 1990.
Foster, Michael Dylan. The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, University of California Press, 2015.
Komura, Toshiaki. "Translations and Transformations of Snow Women as Exiles: Lafcadio Hearn's 'Yuki-Onna' and Anne Sexton's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'" (2014): 1-30.
McNulty, Anne, and Sato, Eriko. Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English. Tuttle Publishing, 2018.
Papp, Zília. Traditional Monster Imagery in Manga, Anime and Japanese Cinema. Brill, 2010.
The Far East. J. N. Penlington, 1921.