{"product_id":"yokai-monsters-japanese-woodblock-prints","title":"Yokai Monsters | Japanese Folklore \u0026 Woodblock Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Japanese folklore, monsters are rarely just monsters. They emerge from shadows, inhabit forgotten objects, take animal forms, and give shape to the fears and mysteries of everyday life. \u003cem\u003eYokai Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e explores this extraordinary supernatural world through the work of Japan's great masters of woodblock printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom strange creatures lurking in forests to spirits hiding in wells and household objects, yokai have occupied the Japanese imagination for centuries. 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