Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade

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Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade
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Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan's most entertaining myths to the modern age

As travelers approach a lush, cedar forest--the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki's fecund drawing--something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with maniacal laughter, before retreating back into the woods. A hallucination? No, this is Tohoku No Tsurubeotoshi.

An earthworm, larger than a human, floats in the air, backlit from window lights ensconced by shadowy darkness. Sontsuru--majestic on the page in Shigeru Mizuki's delicate ink lines and bold colors--is no worm, but a yokai who haunts families across generations, wriggling between their skin and muscles.

And then there is Shirime, a city dwelling trickster who shouts, "A moment, sir!" only to then lift their kimono to reveal their unusual rump--a giant, glowing eyeball where one would otherwise expect a crack.

Indeed, not all the yokai in the pages of Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade are there to cause fright. Like Mizuki himself, yokai often have a playful spirit, which Mizuki explores with joy in this stunning collection, which contains one hundred new, lavish, full page yokai illustrations, with biographies for each.

Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade is the companion book to Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki, and includes supplementary writing by acclaimed Mizuki scholar and translator Zack Davisson.
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9781770467989
Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade
$39.95
Available In Store
Description

Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan's most entertaining myths to the modern age

As travelers approach a lush, cedar forest--the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki's fecund drawing--something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with maniacal laughter, before retreating back into the woods. A hallucination? No, this is Tohoku No Tsurubeotoshi.

An earthworm, larger than a human, floats in the air, backlit from window lights ensconced by shadowy darkness. Sontsuru--majestic on the page in Shigeru Mizuki's delicate ink lines and bold colors--is no worm, but a yokai who haunts families across generations, wriggling between their skin and muscles.

And then there is Shirime, a city dwelling trickster who shouts, "A moment, sir!" only to then lift their kimono to reveal their unusual rump--a giant, glowing eyeball where one would otherwise expect a crack.

Indeed, not all the yokai in the pages of Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade are there to cause fright. Like Mizuki himself, yokai often have a playful spirit, which Mizuki explores with joy in this stunning collection, which contains one hundred new, lavish, full page yokai illustrations, with biographies for each.

Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade is the companion book to Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki, and includes supplementary writing by acclaimed Mizuki scholar and translator Zack Davisson.

Description

Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan's most entertaining myths to the modern age

As travelers approach a lush, cedar forest--the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki's fecund drawing--something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with maniacal laughter, before retreating back into the woods. A hallucination? No, this is Tohoku No Tsurubeotoshi.

An earthworm, larger than a human, floats in the air, backlit from window lights ensconced by shadowy darkness. Sontsuru--majestic on the page in Shigeru Mizuki's delicate ink lines and bold colors--is no worm, but a yokai who haunts families across generations, wriggling between their skin and muscles.

And then there is Shirime, a city dwelling trickster who shouts, "A moment, sir!" only to then lift their kimono to reveal their unusual rump--a giant, glowing eyeball where one would otherwise expect a crack.

Indeed, not all the yokai in the pages of Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade are there to cause fright. Like Mizuki himself, yokai often have a playful spirit, which Mizuki explores with joy in this stunning collection, which contains one hundred new, lavish, full page yokai illustrations, with biographies for each.

Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade is the companion book to Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki, and includes supplementary writing by acclaimed Mizuki scholar and translator Zack Davisson.

ISBN
9781770467989
Publisher
Publication Date
November 11, 2025
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
172
Keywords
Comics & Graphic Novels | East Asian Style | Manga - General; Antiques & Collectibles | Comics; Art | Asian | Japanese

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