Mononoke - Shigeru Mizuki

Mononoke gathers Shigeru Mizuki’s drawings of yōkai—supernatural beings that inhabit shadows, forgotten corners, attics, and the edges of everyday life. In Japanese folklore, yōkai can be benevolent or hostile. They appear rarely, sometimes to bring luck, sometimes to frighten, sometimes simply to unsettle the ordinary with small, strange acts.

This artist edition presents Mizuki as a patient observer and classifier. He did not merely popularize yōkai in modern Japan; he documented them with an attention that often feels almost photographic. Mononoke lists the creatures by name and shows them in black-and-white and in color. The book is completed by an index that adds contextual notes on each yōkai—its nature, period, and the cultural setting in which it emerged.

For collectors of editions Cornélius and readers interested in yōkai as visual culture, Mononoke functions as both an image archive and a reference object. The tone is encyclopedic rather than narrative: it is about looking, naming, and preserving forms that once belonged to oral legend and regional memory.

Edition details:

• Publisher: éditions Cornélius

• Series: Collection Blaise

• 208 pages, color and black-and-white

• Format: 30 × 24 cm

• Hardcover with cloth spine

• ISBN 9782360811915

Publisher / Manufacturer: Éditions Cornélius
Country of origin: France
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