Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade by Shigeru Mizuki

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 Read more