漫畫巨匠水木茂筆下的百鬼夜行——日本妖怪傳說最迷人也最古怪的現代詮釋。
當旅人走入幽暗杉木林,巨大的頭顱自樹梢墜落;巨大妖蟲潛伏家族血脈之間;街角怪客掀起衣襬,露出的不是身體,而是一顆發光巨眼……在水木茂筆下,妖怪不只是令人畏懼的存在,更帶著幽默、狡黠與難以言喻的魅力。
《Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki’s Supernatural Parade》收錄百幅全新跨頁妖怪彩圖與角色解說,集結森林妖物、惡作劇精怪、家族詛咒與民間傳說角色,呈現日本妖怪世界的奇想與生命力。
延續《Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki》世界觀,並由妖怪研究者暨譯者 Zack Davisson 補充解說,是妖怪迷、水木茂讀者與日本怪奇文化收藏者必備之作。
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.