Yokai Art- Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons May 2026

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.

Into the Uncanny Night: Unraveling the Mystique of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Yokai Art- Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

(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. Mitsunobu did not depict Hellish monsters