Renée Orr | Senior Librarian Heritage Engagement talks about the Heritage Collections content in the Kura Tūturu | Real Gold case supporting the ‘Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan’ exhibition at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library through to 6 November.
In this podcast Renée talks with Sue Berman about the following books and their illustrative quality and story telling of Yokai.
References:
Story of a sparrow: Collection of Japanese illustrated woodblock books. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5ab7d974-2ae8-44b0-b7d9-742ae8f4b0cc&entityType=FormatGroup
大日本物産圖會 (Products of Greater Japan). Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2020/04/products-of-greater-japan-ukiyo-e.html
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/1414/rec/2
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford (Baron Redesdale); with illustrations drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists. Tales of old Japan. London: Macmillan and Co., 1919. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=25e0c708-07f8-559f-b360-a8d5d8921fc9&entityType=FormatGroup
Richard Gordon Smith. Ancient tales and folklore of Japan. London: A. & C. Black, 1908. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ac759398-5fab-55b2-b957-cd5e0afb63be&entityType=FormatGroup