Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 Setsuwa and the Grotesque 14
6. Chapter 2 Fantastic Detached Body Parts 52
7. Chapter 3 Curious Sexual Encounters 81
8. Chapter 4 Who Eats Whom? Flesh-Eating Demons and Political Power Struggles 116
9. Chapter 5 The Feminization of Demons 154
10. Chapter 6 Animal Spirits 192
11. Conclusion 234
12. Notes 243
13. Notes 283
14. Index 305