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Japanese folklore has long imagined cats as creatures capable of becoming something far stranger than ordinary household animals. This book explores the supernatural feline traditions of Japan, introducing readers to mysterious cat spirits, shape-shifting beings, legends, and stories that have developed across centuries. Drawing on folklore, history, literature, and popular culture, it reveals why cats occupy such an unusual place in Japanese supernatural imagination. Strange, entertaining, and occasionally unsettling, the book is an engaging exploration of a fascinating corner of Japanese mythology and the creatures that inhabit its darker stories.