Juxtapoz Magazine - Japan's Ritual Ghosts, Monsters, Ogres and Goblins
Charles Fréger began a photography project exploring Japan’s masked ritual figures. Yokai, oni, tengu and kappa, which can be translated as ghosts, monsters, ogres and goblins, are ritual figures imagined by man and embodied during festivals and ceremonies as an attempt to tame the elements and find meaning in natural events. Juxtapoz Magazine - Japan's Ritual Ghosts, Monsters, Ogres and Goblins