John Pavel Kehlen, MA | Source | Professor - Asian Literature at Soka University of America
John Pavel Kehlen, MA
John is a Professor of Asian Literature at Soka University of America. His recent interests include comparative poetry and poetics, cinema of the silent era in Japan, and the paleography of Chinese characters. John has translated extensively from the corpus of premodern Asian poetry, and from classical Greek and Japanese dramas.
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Soka University of America
Professor - Asian Literature
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The mystery of Nurarihyon, the legendary yokai behind ‘Demon Slayer’s’ strongest demon
From its murky origins to its status as a symbol of authority and power, Nurarihyon embodies our timeless fascination with the supernatural.
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[Yokai] generally occupy a spiritual zone somewhere between kami (Shintō gods or spirits) and oni. They reside neither in heaven nor in hell but live in the human world because they have some lingering attachment, whether anger, romantic obsession, craving, or the desire to fool people.
