Tonosho, Kagawa Pref. – Set within a maze of streets in sleepy Tonosho, a large bug-eyed creature painted on a building corner points out directions to confused pedestrians. The odd beast Michi-shirubei doesn’t always get it right, but he means well.
The 测ō办补颈, a creation of artist Chubei Yagyu, is one of about 900 folk spirit artworks collected at the Yokai Art Museum on Seto Inland Sea’s Shodoshima in Kagawa Prefecture. Yagyu, the museum’s director and a 测ō办补颈 artist from the island, and his team run an open competition for sculptures of original, contemporary 测ō办补颈. The submissions from Japan as well as an increasing number from abroad are exhibited across four spaces that make up the museum. Last year, they were compiled into the book “.”
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