In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki’s birth, “Shigeru Mizuki’s Specters: One Hundred Ghosts and Nightly Ghosts” will be held at the Sogo Museum of Art in Yokohama from January 20 (Sat) to March 10 (Sun), 2024.
The exhibition will be the first Shigeru Mizuki exhibition to focus on the specific methods used in the creation of yokai paintings. More than 100 of Mizuki’s yokai paintings will be exhibited, and his creative methods will be discussed in three categories: “Inheritance from the painters,” “Creation from various materials,” and “Creation from textual information. The exhibition also traces the genealogy of yokai-related materials collected by Mizuki, such as Toriyama Sekien’s “Gazu Hyakki Yagyo” and Yanagida Kunio’s “Yokai Dangi” (A Discussion of Specters), as well as the painters, researchers and other cultural figures who worked on these works.
Related events include an advance special viewing with a gallery talk by Mizuki’s eldest daughter, Naoko Haraguchi, and a lecture by Kyogoku Natsuhiko, allowing visitors to appreciate Mizuki’s worldview from a variety of perspectives as he rooted the culture of yokai.
Information
Dates: January 20, 2024 (Sat) – March 10, 2024 (Sun)
Venue: Sogo Art Museum
Address: Sogo Yokohama, 2-18-1 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Google Map
Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Admission until 30 minutes before closing.
*Subject to change according to the opening hours of Sogo Yokohama Store.
Closed: Open daily during the exhibition period
Admission: No advance reservation required
（Adults 1,600 (1,400) yen, University and high school students 1,400 (1,200) yen, Junior high school students and younger free
Prices in parentheses ( ) are for advance purchase and for those who present the following
［Club ON/Millennium Card, Club ON/Millennium App]
Admission is free for holders of various types of disability certificates and one accompanying person.
Advance tickets are available from November 15, 2023 (Wed.) to January 19, 2024 (Fri.) at Sogo Art Museum or through official online tickets, Seven Ticket, Lawson Ticket, e-plus, and Ticket Pia.
URL 【Official website of Sogo Art Museum
https://www.sogo-seibu.jp/common/museum/
SNS https://twitter.com/sogomuseum
Organizers: Sogo Art Museum, NHK Yokohama Broadcasting Station, NHK Promotion, Kanagawa Shimbun
Supported by Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama City Board of Education
Cooperation Tottori Prefecture, Kanagawa University
Planning cooperation Mizuki Production
Supported by Sogo & Seibu Co.
Related Events
Wednesday/Thursday only
Mizuki Special Exhibition Original “Yokai Card” Present
The first 100 visitors who enter the museum on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the exhibition period will receive an original “Yokai Card” at the reception desk!
You cannot choose the type of card. (Total of 12 kinds)
Limit 1 card per person per day.
Limited to one card per person per day.
Cards are produced in cooperation with Nagoya City Museum and the Chunichi Shimbun.
Special advance viewing with gallery talk (advance reservations required)
Date: Friday, January 19, 2024
Hours: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (free viewing in the exhibition hall)
Gallery Talk: 5:30 p.m. – (approximately 40 minutes)
Ms. Naoko Haraguchi (eldest daughter of Shigeru Mizuki)
Fee: 2,000 yen (tax included/entrance fee included)
Place: Sogo Museum of Art, in the exhibition room
Capacity: 50 people
How to apply: advance purchase via e-tix official online ticket.
Sales will begin on December 1, 2023 (Fri.). Sales will end when capacity is reached.
Please note that there may be some media coverage and filming.
*Content may be subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances.
Lecture (planned by outside venue)
Special commemorative lecture by Kyogoku Natsuhiko at Kanagawa University
Shigeru Mizuki’s Specters: One Hundred Demon Nights Exhibition – This is how the ghosts were born
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Lecturer: Mr. Natsuhiko Kyogoku (novelist)
Venue: Kanagawa University Minatomirai Campus 1st Floor Hall
Fee: 4,000 yen *includes exhibition admission ticket and original goods
(However, 1,000 yen discount will be offered for online registration.)
How to apply: Kanagawa University KU Port Square
① Internet “KU Port Square
https://www.ku-portsquare.jp/site/course/detail/4206/
2) Telephone 045-682-5553 (KU Port Square) or 045-664-3710 Representative (Kanagawa University Social Cooperation Department)
*This will be closed when the number of participants reaches the limit.
*For inquiries regarding this lecture, please contact Kanagawa University KU Port Square.
