{"product_id":"yokai-shigeru-mizukis-supernatural-parade-9781770467989","title":"Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Shigeru Mizuki | Zack Davisson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Manga - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan's most entertaining myths to the modern age\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndeed, not all the yokai in the pages of \u003ci\u003eYokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade\u003c\/i\u003e is the companion book to \u003ci\u003eYokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki, \u003c\/i\u003e and includes supplementary writing by acclaimed Mizuki scholar and translator Zack Davisson.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46318607171735,"sku":"9781770467989","price":2893.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781770467989.webp?v=1768681900","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/yokai-shigeru-mizukis-supernatural-parade-9781770467989","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}