Noriko T. Reider

Noriko T. Reider is the author of several books that focus on Japanese literature, folklore, and art. She currently works as a professor of Japanese at Miami University. She has written multiple books on the history of Japanese demons and yokai, with special focus on the history and nature of oni.

Books Tales of the Supernatural in Early Modern Japan: Kaidan, Akinari, Ugetsu Monogatari (2002) Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present (2010) Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan (2016) Mountain Witches: Yamauba (2021)

Scholarly articles

The Appeal of "Kaidan", Tales of the Strange (2000) The Emergence of "Kaidan-shū" The Collection of Tales of the Strange and Mysterious in the Edo Period (2001) Transformation of the Oni: From the Frightening and Diabolical to the Cute and Sexy (2003) Shuten Dōji: "Drunken Demon" (2005) "Spirited Away": Film of the Fantastic and Evolving Japanese Folk Symbols (2005) Onmyōji Sex, Pathos, and Grotesquery in Yumemakura Bakus Oni (2007) Animating Objects Tsukumogami ki and the Medieval Illustration of Shingon Truth (2009) "Hanayo no hime," or "Blossom Princess" A Late-Medieval Japanese Stepdaughter Story and Provincial Customs (2011) "Menoto no sōshi" (A Tale of Two Nursemaids): Teaching for the Women of High Society in the Medieval Period (2012) Tsuchigumo soshi: The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider (2013) Haseo sōshi: A Medieval Scholar’s Muse (2015) A Demon in the Sky: The Tale of Amewakahiko, a Japanese Medieval Story (2015) Yamauba and Oni-Women: Devouring and Helping Yamauba are Two Sides of the Same Coin (2019) Demon Slayer Kimetsu no yaiba: Oni, Vampires, and Sexuality (2024)