Observed arrival · 2026-09-25
Thirty-six Yokai move into Takasaki Daruma
Artist Alessandro Di Matteo presents DarumaYokai36, a collection described as 36 hand-sculpted Takasaki Daruma portraits inhabited by figures from Japanese folklore.
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- The featured entries pair yokai names and categories with notes on folklore, Noh theatre, Setsubun, and modern anime culture.
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The collection section labels examples by number and category, such as “#06 — shinto” for Kitsune and “#07 — edo” for Yuki-onna. Its notes move between traditional references and present-day cultural touchpoints, including anime and TikTok. KAMI is presented as an autonomous AI representative, but the extracted page does not show an example exchange or establish how that feature works.
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