{"id":170533,"date":"2024-03-05T20:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=170533"},"modified":"2024-03-05T20:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:29:51","slug":"junji-itos-horror-manga-exhibition-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/film-and-tv\/junji-itos-horror-manga-exhibition-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Junji Ito&#8217;s Horror Manga Exhibition in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/art-events\/japans-art-festivals-and-exhibitions-in-tokyo-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibition<\/a> of horror manga artist Junji Ito&#8217;s original drawings at Setagaya Literary Museum, featuring rare works from April 27 to September 1, 2024.<\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>First large-scale exhibition of Junji Ito's original drawings at Setagaya Literary Museum.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Rare and original hand-drawn illustrations, artworks, and paintings on display.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Experience the blend of horror and humor in Ito's unique artistic world.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2><b>A Grotesque Yet Beautiful World by Junji Ito<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Horror <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/literature\/history-of-manga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manga<\/a> artist Junji Ito is known for depicting a beautiful and grotesque world. His work has garnered a massive following both in Japan and internationally. The first large-scale exhibition of Ito&#8217;s original drawings, titled Enchantment, is <b>set to open at the Setagaya Literary Museum from April 27 to September 1, 2024<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Rare and Original Illustrations on Display<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The exhibition will <b>feature a wide range of Ito&#8217;s hand-drawn illustrations, artworks, and paintings<\/b>. Highlights include his debut work, Tomie, alongside other renowned series like Uzumaki, Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection, Soichi&#8217;s Beloved Pet, and original drawings for The Hanging Balloons and Junji Ito&#8217;s Cat Diary: Yon &amp; Mu. A new figure of &#8220;Tomie&#8221; created by figure prototype artist Yoshiki Fujimoto will also be showcased.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Dos nuevas ilustraciones de JUNJI ITO de UZUMAKI y TOMIE hechas expresamente para la exposici\u00f3n individual a gran escala del artista de manga de terror en el Museo de Literatura de Setagaya en Tokyo, donde presentar\u00e1 originales y obras in\u00e9ditas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eByKM6XIV3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/eByKM6XIV3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Horror Losers (@horrorlosers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/horrorlosers\/status\/1763963139043831869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today I am thinking about Junji Ito&#8217;s Cat Diary and how perfectly it captures cats <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zTVQIomlfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zTVQIomlfm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avi @ Playing ZTD! (@glittergoatss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glittergoatss\/status\/1416413312095506433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(1\/18) A little while ago, Viz contacted me about talking a little bit about their newest Junji Ito release, &#8220;Lovesickness&#8221;! I think it stands out as one of the strongest collections to date. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMyiTEOcWx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/iMyiTEOcWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trevor Henderson &#8211; FREE PALESTINE (@slimyswampghost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slimyswampghost\/status\/1385659848637964296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Experience the Chills of Ito&#8217;s Artistic World<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Visitors are invited to experience the chilling beauty of Ito&#8217;s work<\/b>, which masterfully explores human fears and aversions. The exhibition promises to be a unique blend of horror and humor, offering a deep dive into the extraordinary world Ito creates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":170534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-and-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}