In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us
- Written by Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games. Director of the Design & Creative Practice Platform., RMIT University
Utagawa Kuniyoshi's Mitsukuni defies the skeleton spectre
conjured up by Princess Takiyasha
(1845–46)
Art Gallery of NSW
Sometimes life appears incomprehensible, of another world. The supernatural has been evoked in many cultures and religions as a way to make sense of the thresholds of mortal and immortal worlds through images and stories.
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