Zack Davisson, three-time winner of the Eisner Award, will be hosting the Washin Kai Fall Lecture on Friday 23rd October at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

The lecture, entitled ‘A Brief History of Yokai’, will guide listeners through a journey from the invisible monsters of the Heian period to the yokai catalogs of Edo Japan.

The lecture is appropriate for all ages and will be free to attend.

Find out more here.

Interested in finding out more about Japanese folklore from Zack?

Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan, Zack’s upcoming book, will be published in the US in November 2026 and in the UK in December 2026.

Grab your UK copy here or, better, via Bookshop.org. Grab your US copy here.

Follow Zack Davisson on Bluesky @zackdavisson.com.