Japan Foundation Los Angeles will present an online lecture, “Yokai: Oni! From Folktales to Demon Slayer,” on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. PST.
In Japan, you can find yokai(ghosts) everywhere from folktales, traditional rituals, to popular manga and anime. The most present yokaiin Japanese society and culture is the oni(demon) and they are seen as guards protecting hell, and causes disasters and pandemics.
On the day of Setsubun, which is the first day of spring in the lunar calendar, people throw soybeans at the onito fend off the evil spirits within the home. On the same day, award-winning translator, writer, and folklorist Zack Davisson will talk about oni’spresence in Japanese culture. Also, he will explain how Japanese people think about onifrom folktales to demon slayer.
Admission is free. Registration required. To register, click here.
Davisson is the author of “Yurei: The Japanese Ghost,” “Yokai Stories,” and “Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan” from Chin Music Press, and an essayist for Wayward from Image comics. He lectured on translation, manga, and folklore at Duke University, Annapolis Naval Academy, UCLA, University of Washington, Denison University, as well as contributed to exhibitions at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Henry Art Museum. He has been featured on NPR, BBC, and in The New York Times, and has written articles for Metropolis, The Comics Journal, and Weird Tales Magazine.
As a manga translator, Davisson was nominated for the 2014 Japanese-U.S. Friendship Commission Translation Prize for his translation of the multiple Eisner Award-winning “Showa: A History of Japan.” For Drawn & Quarterly, Davisson translates and curates the famous folklore comic “Kitaro.”
Other acclaimed translations include Satoshi Kon’s “Opus” and “The Art of Satoshi Kon,” Mamoru Oshii’s “Seraphim: 266613336 Wings,” Kazuhiro Fujita’s “The Ghost and the Lady,” Leiji Matsumoto’s “Queen Emeraldas” and “Captain Harlock Dimensional Voyage,” Go Nagai’s “Cutie Honey a Go Go!” and “Devilman: Grimoire,” and “Gainax’s Panty and Stocking Garterbelt.”
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