Image gallery of photos from the Yurei-ga gallery at Zenshoan temple in Tokyo.
“Yurei” is Japanese for “ghost”, “apparition” or “spirit”.
The Yurei-ga Gallery is a private collection of Edo-period (1603 to 1867) scrolls with images of a variety of Japanese ghosts which range from sad, haunted spirits, to ghastly, monstrous demons.
Seemed appropriate for the Japanese Obon festival, a festival to honor dead ancestors which is sort of a mish-mash of Halloween (more like Samhain), Christmas and Easter. Essentially the spirits of dead ancestors return but instead of trying to scare them off like halloween, Japanese families gather together to welcome their ancestors back for a visit before seeing them off again at the end of the festival.
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