Yokai are supernatural beings that inhabit shadowy corners, forgotten places, or the attic spaces of houses. These ghosts, benevolent or hostile, appear on rare occasions to cling to people's backs, bring good luck, or even scare them by throwing red beans on the ground. Few people see them, and even fewer know them.

Shigeru Mizuki is not only the one who saved the yokai from oblivion when Japan, eager to gain its place among the post-war nations, turned its back on its legends. No, Shigeru Mizuki is quite simply the greatest yokai hunter the world has ever known. He is the one who tracked them down in the most remote countryside, cataloguing and drawing them with sometimes photographic accuracy. His work sparked a new interest in these forgotten legends, which over time grew into a veritable popular craze. Without his drawings, Totoro and Miyazaki's other magical creatures would never have seen the light of day. Numerous studies have been based on Mizuki's work, and a chair in yokai studies has even been established at the University of Tokyo.

This book features Shigeru Mizuki's incredible drawings of yokai, presenting each monster by name in black and white or color. The book also includes an index that provides details on the nature of each yokai, its era, and the context in which it was created.

Author/Artist: Shigeru Mizuki
Publisher: Cornelius Publishing
Page Count: 208pp
Size: 12 x 9.25
Notes: hardcover, b/w, French edition
Date of Publication: November 18, 2021
ISBN: 978-2360811915