Japanese Yokai Parade artworks on display

LAHORE:To introduce the fascinating and rich cultural heritage of Japan, the Japan Foundation’s travelling exhibition ‘Yokai Parade: Supernatural monsters from Japan’ opened at the Lahore Arts Council Art Museum.

Yokai are Japanese folkloric imaginary monsters such as demons, ghosts that have captivated people’s imaginations for centuries and has long been a part of Japanese folklore tales, embodying supernatural powers that invoke senses of mystery, surprise and fear.

Mr Wada Mitsuhiro, the Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, inaugurated the exhibition.The Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan organised this exhibition in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Foundation Trust and the Lahore Arts Council.

This exhibition, curated by Yumoto Koichi, (Director Emeritus of the Yumoto Koichi Memorial, JAPAN YOKAI MUSEUM), features 84 Yokai artworks and focuses on the ‘popularisation’ of these Yokai.

In his opening remarks, Ambassador Wada expressed his pleasure to be in Lahore to share the spiritual world of the Japanese people through the exhibition.The exhibition is open till October 3.