Tetsuya Ozaki, Yokai and Japanese Contemporary Art

Modern manga's distant ancestors can be traced to the
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (Animal-person Caricatures) from the 12th to
13th centuries and the first volume of Hokusai Manga, published in
1814.
Modern manga, particularly after World War II, grew significantly
alongside the revival of Japan's economy. Almost no contemporary
Japanese grew up without reading manga. Regardless of its pros and
cons, contemporary artists are no exception.
Hokusai manga is a sketchbook featuring drawings of flora, fauna,
customs, professions, famous places, historical stories, and even
ghosts and yokai (supernatural creatures). But why are yokai so
beloved by the Japanese? Prof Tetsuya Ozaki believes there are
three reasons.
Working language is Japanese, simultaneous translation to
Lithuanian.
Free of charge with a gallery ticket.
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Born in Tokyo in 1955, Tetsuya Ozaki is an
editor, publisher, art and multimedia critic, visiting researcher
at the Kyoto University of the Arts Academic Research Centre. From
2000 to 2016, he was the publisher and editor-in-chief of the web
magazine "Realtokyo". In 2002 he oversaw editing a collection of
photographs "One Hundred Years of Idiocy", where he compiled the
follies of a mankind in the 20th century, in 10 various subjects
such as, the environment, technology, and war etc. In 2003, he
launched the bilingual Japanese-English contemporary art magazine
"ART iT". Ozaki was the chief consultant for the exhibition
"Beauties, Ghosts and Samurai", curated by Dr Arūnas Gelūnas.
The lecture accompanies the exhibition "Beauties, Ghosts and
Samurai. Japan's pop culture tradition from Edo period ukiyo-e to
20th-21st-century manga, anime and sūpā furatto", which is on show
at the National Gallery of Art until 13 October.
More information: http://www.ndg.lt/exhibitions/present/beauties,-ghosts,-and-samurai.aspx
The event will be photographed and filmed, so please note that you
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6 pm