Kasa träumerische Welten in Japan
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Post Production | Jenny Cremer |
Photographer | Anke Luckmann |
The title of the spread KASA by photographer ANKE LUCKMANN is a reference to Japanese folklore. Behind it is Kasa-Obake, which translates roughly to the ‘paper umbrella ghost’ and Karakasa-Kozō, or ‘paper umbrella priest boy’ in English, a fictional being of Japanese folk belief belonging to the group of lower yōkai, which one could call ghosts or demons. He is said to have an ambivalent character.
The Kasa-Obake takes the form of a large,...