ÉRIC FAURE is a French researcher who has been living in Kyoto for over thirty years and, while teaching at university, has been studying Japanese legends. He defended a thesis at Inalco (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris) on the subject, wrote for both university journals and magazines, and published 11 academic or general-interest books in French. His latest publications include The Story of the Poet Who Became a God (2020), Japanese Legends: Fifty Stories of Kamis (2021), Japanese Legends: Fifty Stories of Buddhas (2022), From Kyōto to Dazaifu: A Journey into the World of Japanese Legends (2023), and Yoshitoshi: Le dernier grand maître de l'ukiyoe (2025).
Eric Faure
ÉRIC FAURE is a French researcher who has been living in Kyoto for over thirty years and, while teaching at university, has been studying Japanese legends. He defended a thesis at Inalco (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris) on the subject, wrote for both university journals and magazines, and published 11 academic or general-interest books in French. His latest publications include The Story of the Poet Who Became a God (2020), Japanese Legends: Fifty Stories of Kamis (2021), Japanese Legends: Fifty Stories of Buddhas (2022), From Kyōto to Dazaifu: A Journey into the World of Japanese Legends (2023), and Yoshitoshi: Le dernier grand maître de l'ukiyoe (2025).
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