Yokai Parade | A Gallery from Nights | RNZ National

A congregation of weird and wonderful creatures are currently on display at the Central City Library in Auckland as part of an exhibition entitled Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan.

In the Ruined Palace at Sōma - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Katsushika Hokusai - ‘One Hundred Ghost Stories’ (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

The Dream Tales of Ōishi Hyōroku, Edo period (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Amabie from the Sea of Higo Province (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Detail from The Parade of Monsters Scroll (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Monster Menko, Showa era (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Standing Statue of Yokai, Edo period (PHOTO: The Japan Foundation Travelling Exhibition)

Part of the Yokai Parade exhibition on at Central Library in Auckland (PHOTO: Annie Bradley)

One of the rooms displaying the Yokai Parade exhibition on at Central Library in Auckland (PHOTO: Annie Bradley)

Yokai Parade exhibition booklet (PHOTO: Supplied)

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