[Held in at Hishikawa Shisenobu Memorial Hall special exhibition "Yokai of Japan depicted in ukiyo-e"]
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Currently, the Hishikawa Shisenobu Memorial Hall is holding in a special exhibition entitled "Japan's Yokai Depicted in Ukiyo-e Prints: The Summer of Turning Around." It introduces 100 ukiyo-e prints depicting scary but somewhat humorous yokai.

Since ancient times, Japan people have regarded the invisible and unknown as "mononoke." "In the Edo period, Edo people wanted to see scary things, so they made Mononoke a character called a yokai and amused the fear," explains curator Hiroki Sasao Mr./Ms..
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One of the highlights of this event is the work of Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, who specializes in yokai painting. Yoshitoshi was a Ukiyoe artist who was active from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to the Meiji era, and is characterized by a dramatic painting style. Fascination the viewer with his dynamic brushstrokes.

In addition, actor paintings depicting kabuki actors are also on display, and you can learn about kabuki performances that deal with yokai. "Actually, it was Kabuki that made yokai popular in the summer," says curator Mr./Ms. Sasao. "Famous kabuki actors staged a yokai play while they were on summer vacation, and it happened to be a hit," he says.

On July 21 and August 11, at 1:30 p.m., there will be gallery talks by the curators. Held in until September 23.
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・Opening Hours
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Admission until 4:30 p.m.)

・Closed days
Monday (or Tuesday if it is a holiday)
Year-end and New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 3)

・Admission fee
Adults and university students: 500 yen (400 yen)
Elementary, junior high, and high school students: 400 yen (300 yen)
* Fees for groups of 20 or more people in parentheses

・Access
Train: JR Uchibo Line Hoda Station or Awa Katsuyama Station 15 minutes on foot
By car: High-speed Futtsu Tateyama Road 5 minutes from Sakinan Hoda IC Along National Route 127 Roadside Station Kyonan