Night Parade of One Hundred Demons - PUBLIC DOMAIN EDITIONS

暁齋百鬼画談Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred DemonsA reconstructed edition of 河鍋暁斎 (Kawanabe Kyōsai)’s legendary supernatural illustrations featuring ghosts, demons, yokai, skeletons, and strange apparitions from Japanese folklore.Originally created during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, Kyōsai’s wildly expressive drawings blend humor, horror, satire, and traditional folklore into a chaotic procession of spirits and monsters.This PUBLIC DOMAIN EDITIONS volume presents the work as an archival object — preserving the strange energy, theatrical compositions, and dreamlike instability of the original imagery while recontextualizing it through a restrained contemporary format.Featuring:• Full-page reproductions of Kyōsai’s yokai illustrations• Traditional Japanese supernatural imagery and folklore• Archival-inspired typography and layout• A carefully reconstructed public domain editionAn unsettling and playful document from one of Japan’s most visionary artists.PUBLIC DOMAIN EDITIONS is an independent archival publishing imprint devoted to recovered texts, esoteric literature, artist books, philosophical works, and reconstructed cultural artifacts.The imprint focuses on carefully reformatted editions that emphasize typography, material presence, historical atmosphere, and the quiet circulation of ideas across time. Read more