By way of background: the critter depicted in the image above, and after the jump, is a Japanese kappa monster. Their favorite foods are cucumbers and human bungholes. (For more, view this two-part Boing Boing TV kappa-monster-hunting series: one, two).
Sean Bonner says,
Yokai Attack co-author Matt Alt and his pal Marugame claim to have
discovered this disturbing creation deep within the bowels of Tokyo's
sewer system. It's a totally handmade homage to an old Japanese toy
series from the Seventies: the
Jumbo Machinders! Kappa missiles! Kappa shuriken! Kappa cucumber
cudgel! Kappa… anal intruder!?!Whatever the case, it's going to be on display at the Artist Garden
gallery in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from July 9th through the 21st. It's part
of the Kappa Exhibition, an annual gathering of kappa-crazed artists
amateur and pro. Fans of the yokai should pencil in their date with
destiny. Directions and map here.And Matt has posted an in-depth report on how the piece was made.
(..more photos after the jump!)
- Japanese monsters, and how to survive their wrath: YOKAI ATTACK …
- Lurve Bug – Boing Boing
- BBtv: Hunting for the Kappa Monster in Tokyo, part 1
- BBtv: Hunting for the Kappa Monster in Tokyo, part 2
- New book on Japanese robot toys 1972-1982
- Monster mummies in Japan's Buddhist temples
- Monster mummies in Japan's Buddhist temples
