A Youtube version is available as well: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk41...

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Thank you! :) I hope you can catch it.

One of them is that the paintings in my first book (Night Parade) are ordered according to the seasons, so as you flip through the book it takes you from summer, to fall, winter, spring, and then ends at a summer festival.

Thank you. :) Now that you know you probably won't be able to un-see it, as the same colors appear in so many of my paintings. I enjoy the way it lets them appear as a single body of work and not just individual images. (I have other hidden patterns in my work that people probably don't notice.)

Not specifically "ukiyoe" colors, as available/allowed colors changed from era to era during the Edo period, but I do restrict myself to a palette of traditional colors used in woodblock prints, nihonga, kimono dyes, and so forth. Using a limited palette is actually quite fun, I find.

US artist drawn into mystery of yokai | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News The world of yokai -- mysterious natural phenomena and the beings behind them -- has long been a mainstay of Japanese folklore. An American artist is reimagining yokai and using his drawing skills to ...

My most recent interview with NHK World is up starting today, featuring a look into my work uncovering Fukui's local folklore: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Thank you! :) さきゅうさんのカード見ました！とてもよかったです！おめでとうございます！

Thank you! :)

And let them know you want me to do more! :)

I've watched a few unboxing posts of these online, and it's surreal to see your own card pop out and hear people comment on it.

Thank you! Yours are great too!

My new yokai-themed cards in Secrets of Strixhaven are out! The first one is based on a dorotabō, and the second one on ouni. The third one is I'm fairly sure the first time a Chōjū Giga-inspired M:tG cards has appeared.

I don't know what Moob is, but I was having all sorts of loading/posting issues last night.

Bluesky was having trouble posting images last night, so here his is now, in all his glory.

What lives in a cave, devours children, speaks human languages and mimics human emotions, and has a ridiculously phallic neck?

No, it's not a certain politician. It's this week's yokai, up now on my Patreon and yokai.com!

www.patreon.com/posts/ikihag...

It's a joke about "qualia," a mystical concept that tries to smuggle spiritualism into empiricism. Google "Mary the Color Scientist" for a rundown of the thought experiment.

The joke is that a real person subject to the conditions of the experiment would want to murder the people testing her.

Maybe it's a question of whether it's tasteful or not? But I don't see any ethical violation here.

Surely this is no less ethical than buying a piece of furniture from a store and painting it?

It's not a copyright violation because you're not passing someone else's work as your own. Neither are you reproducing someone's work and selling copies of it; you're painting on a physical piece.

Not at the moment. This is the only storefront for now.

妖怪ラボ│公式オンラインショップ 妖怪は時間と空間を超える！オリジナルの妖怪グッズを取り揃えました！ 妖怪絵師マット・マイヤー氏とのコラボ商品、漆琳堂との伝統工芸コラボ商品など、 ここでしか手に入らないユニークな妖怪ショップです。

展示会で販売されていた奇談グッズがオンラインで購入できるようになりました。まだ海外発送は対応されていませんが、国内からは購入できます。👺🦊👻

→ yokai-lab.com

Tomorrow is your last day to pre-order my newest book and pick up rare, locally handmade, yokai-themed, traditional Japanese crafts!

Don't say I didn't warn you!

Tomorrow is your last day to pre-order my newest book and pick up rare, locally handmade, yokai-themed, traditional Japanese crafts!

Don't say I didn't warn you!

a painting of a fluffy, fat sparrow with its eyes closed, sitting in its nest

Why is this fat little sparrow so happy?

Find out in my latest kidan from Fukui Prefecture, posted to my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/154281...

Should be some cool art coming up in this pack. ;)

The text says, "Tune in March 31, at 10 AM PST on YouTube or Twitch."

Don't miscalculate! There are only a few days until the official Debut of #MTGStrixhaven, and you won't want to miss what we reveal...

Tune in 3/31 at twitch.tv/magic or youtube.com/@mtg.

I love it!

５月２日に、大阪歴史博物館で怪談怪議が開催されます！私と妖怪文化研究家河野隼也氏が妖怪や小泉八雲について話します。琵琶と怪談語りユニット尸童さんも出演されます。ぜひご参加ください。

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On May 2 I'll be talking about yokai at the Osaka Museum of History with Kyoto-based yokai culture researcher Kono Jun'ya. We'll discuss yokai, Lafcadio Hearn, and listen to ghost stories by a biwa player/kaidanshi. Don't miss it!

More details and reservations here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Update 15: Backerkit Pledge Manager & Pre-orders Closing Soon! · Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui Hello everyone!The Backerkit Pledge Manager is going to close at the end of this month. That means there is only a little bit of time left to add items or change your order, or place new pre-orders.Cr...

The pledge manager and pre-order store for Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui is locking down at the end of this month!

This is the last chance to pre-order the special edition of the book and get your hands on unique traditional Japanese crafts!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...