22/02/2026
REIMAGINED NARRATIVES | Avery Lau Hong Lam, Joey Leung Ka Yin, Carmen Ng, Frank Tang Kai Yiu | 22.1-22.2.2026
An Illustrated Compendium of Japanese Yōkai showcases a diverse array of yōkai, embodying the belief that all things beyond humanity possess spirituality. The term “yōkai” also encompasses strange phenomena that defy conventional understanding. This concept resonates with a passage from Zhong Kui Captures Ghosts (by Xu Su): “The distinction between humans and ghosts lies only a hair’s breadth from the mind. When the mind is upright, a ghost can become a deity; when the mind is not upright, a human may become a demon.” To dispel demons and malevolent spirits, I replaced the maneki-neko (beckoning cat) on the bookshelf with Sandy the Archer, who punishes evil.
Additional Information about the Book Title:
Ōsaragi is a character from the manga Sakamoto Days (created by Yuto Suzuki). She is a member of the Japanese Assassin Alliance's special operations unit, ORDER, and wields a circular saw as her weapon of choice.
⽇本妖怪圖鑑展⽰各式各樣的妖怪，體現⼈類以外的萬物㫮有靈性，「妖怪」也可指無法⽤常理解釋的奇怪現象。想起《鍾馗捉⿁傳》(徐素著）中提及：⼤凡⼈⿁之分，⽌在⽅⼨；⽅⼨正時，⿁可為神，⽅⼨不正，⼈即為⿁。為了能退散⽜⿁蛇神，我把書櫃上的招財貓換成罰神的神射⼿。
書名補充資料：
⼤佛：漫畫《坂本⽇常》（鈴⽊祐⽃創作）中其中⼀個⾓⾊，⽇本殺⼿聯盟特務部隊「ORDER」成員之⼀，常⽤武器是圓鋸。
Image: Joey Leung, 'Daijoubu' ⼤丈夫， gouache, Chinese ink, acrylic gouache, mineral pigment, coloured pencil, drawing pen on Washi paper, 30 x 40cm (11.8 x 15.7in), 2025
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