Yokai Manga Vol 1

Due to its popular appeal and caricaturish, satirical content, yokai-ga (literally, pictures of monstrous creatures – yokai) have been treated as a minor current within Japanese art history. Enjoyed by the common people of Japan since ancient times, yokai-ga have been valued also for their intimate associations with the nature beliefs and folk traditions that are the native culture and religion of Japan.This publishing project is reconsidering the lineage of yokai-ga in order to offer a fresh look at the distinctive aspects of comicality and humor in Japanese art.