Events for Nov. 17, 2021

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Join us for a zoom talk on Yokai: Cataloging the Unknowable
Lectures and Talks Featured Event

Join us for a zoom talk on Yokai: Cataloging the Unknowable

November 17, 2021
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Matt Meyer, Yokai illustrator and folklorist based in Japan, will share a brief history of Yokai and the ways in which they are often categorized. He also discusses why Yokai are in many ways uncategorizable because their very nature is unknowable, contradictory, and folkloric. Using his engaging illustrations, he will also share 2 or 3 stories of Yokai.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscOirrD0vGtYYC4qFsvmlTGdjhxa2UDjW

Matthew Meyer is an illustrator and folklorist based in Japan. He received a BFA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2005. His work is focused on Japanese folklore, particularly yokai studies. He is the author of The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (2012), The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits (2015), The Book of the Hakutaku (2018), and The Fox’s Wedding (2021). He is also the creator of yokai.com, an online illustrated database of Japanese ghosts and monsters.

Image credit: Illustration of Nasubabaa-lo by Matthew Meyer

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