◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎ ・Books by Eiji Otsuka are on sale → #GM36EijiOtsukaBooks ・Comics are on sale → #GM36COMIC ・Seinen comics are on sale → #GM36COMICSeinen ・All items for sale are here → #GM36 ◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎===◼︎ 【Details】 First edition with obi, Eiji Otsuka + Mika Mori, Kitagami Denki, Kadokawa Shoten Volume 1: 11th printing, October 20, 2000, Kadokawa Shoten, with obi Volume 2: 6th printing, September 25, 2000, Kadokawa Shoten, with obi Synopsis As Kunio Yanagita's Japanese folklore, which he founded, became involved in the formation of the Greater Japanese Empire, the mythical original inhabitants of Japan, the "Yamabito" (mountain people) proposed by Yanagita, were "something that should not exist" as they contradicted the descent of the Emperor, a living god, and the unbroken imperial line. Yanagita sealed his theory of the Yamabito. At the same time, he participated in the Japanese Imperial Army's hunt for the Yamabito. Several years later, a girl said to be of Yamabito blood is sighted in Tokyo. Yanagita orders his excommunicated disciple, Kitagami Hyodo, to investigate... Volume 1 The shadow folklorist, Kitagami Hyodo, who inherited the heretical parts that had to be discarded for the academic discipline of folklore completed by Showa-era scholar Kunio Yanagita to become a science, weaves a dark field note!! Volume 2 What were the numerous events that had to be erased from the official history in the final stages of Japan's establishment as a modern nation? A thrilling folklore romance spun with unrestrained imagination! Eiji Otsuka Eiji Otsuka is a Japanese critic, researcher, manga author, novelist, editor, and former manga artist. He has been a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies since 2012, and has also been a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts since 2006. Mika Mori Manga artist and illustrator. She is in charge of cover illustrations for Ryoji Yanagi's D Agency series, and Yukito Ayatsuji's Noble Detective series, etc. 【Condition】 There is some yellowing and staining due to aging, as well as some scratches and wear on the covers, but overall in good condition. ※There is a slight warp near the top corners of the books themselves, but there is no problem with reading.