The Yõkai are little mocking geniuses who accompany daily life in Japan.
Sometimes visible, sometimes not, perverse or naive, cruel or benevolent, mischievous, jokers, often unseemly, these devils are sympathetic calamities. Known for centuries, illustrated by Kuniyoshi or Hiroshige, staged today in video games, manga, animated films, they are there for who knows how to see them.
Will you be able to bring out yõkai?
Invite some friends, sit in the dark around 100 lighted candles. In turn, tell a story of yõkai. At each story, turn off a candle. When the 100th story is told and the darkness comes, then will arise ...
But you can also just open the box yôkai Garden by Gutenberg networks to discover the yõkai Mannendake, the bamboo of ten thousand years, Yuki onna, the snowwoman, Kitsuné no Yomeiri, the foxes who make the wedding, Nobusuma, the paper wall of the plains, the Batabata stone and camellia Furutsubaki, Neko no Jintsûriki, the monstrous felines, Nurarihyon, the lord of Yõkai, Garei, the spirit of drawing ...
Two other secrets to bring out yõkai:
- The invisible ink pen and its magic lamp: Draw other ghosts and make them appear by illuminating your drawing.
- the seeded paper clouds: wet them, plant them, water them for several weeks and Hônadé, the cheek caresser, will tickle your calves.
18.6 x 13.6 x 9.6 cm office kit consisting of a bamboo cabinet with a drawer including two notebooks, a double-sided book, a correspondence kit (envelope + cards), a bamboo pen and a compartment with a candle / stone, an aromatic diffusion pebble, ten stickers, three seeded paper clouds, a kawaii eraser, an invisible ink magic pencil.
by Gutenberg networks