Yokai Art- Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons Apr 2026

When Tosa Mitsunobu dipped his brush in ink to paint a cracked lute walking on chicken feet, he was asking: What do we owe the things we abandon?

Tonight, before you turn off your light, look at the umbrella in the corner. Look at the pair of shoes by the door. Look at the old phone in the drawer. Yokai Art- Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Into the Uncanny Night: Unraveling the Mystique of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons When Tosa Mitsunobu dipped his brush in ink

Mitsunobu did not depict Hellish monsters. Instead, he painted —household tools that had been discarded or mistreated for 100 years, thereby gaining a soul and a grudge. Look at the old phone in the drawer

(of Great Wave fame) created a series of sketches titled Hyakki Yagyō , though his interpretation was more abstract—skeletal figures melting into ink clouds. Hokusai’s yokai feel like fever dreams, where the brushstroke itself becomes a demon’s tail.