YŌKAI. Ancient Japanese Monster Prints

After the great success at Villa Reale in Monza, the exhibition Yōkai. The ancient prints of Japanese monsters arrives in Bologna, in the sumptuous 15th-century rooms of Palazzo Pallavicini, from 7 April to 23 July 2023.

Conceived and produced by Vertigo Syndrome and curated by Paolo Linetti, a leading expert on Japanese art and curator of important private collections, the exhibition presents the western public with the fantastic world of monsters in the Japanese tradition, through more than two hundred works from the 18th and 19th centuries, including antique prints, rare books, clothes, weapons, and samurai armour.

Also on display is Bertocchi's extraordinary collection of netsuke, small ivory sculptures once used as clasps.