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Yokai Party

This is an illustration for the Fieperdepiep magazine. They were kind enough to let me draw whatever I wanted,

and as I had been wanting to do something with Japanese folk monsters that was very welcome indeed.

Imagine my surprise when during making this picture I found out that in Japanese folklore there actually is a midsummer night's demon party!

It's called the Hyakki Yako, and it fills me with no uncertain amount of pleasure to have made a picture that therefore fits in an old tradition.

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Uploaded on May 19, 2010
Taken on May 20, 2010