At Gallery Moriyama (2 trees in Hirosaki City), the "Yurei Exhibition" that displays ghost paintings is currently being held.

This exhibition displays over 40 ghost paintings owned by temples in the Tsugaru area centering on Hirosaki City. The plan was revived by the "Haunted Society" that was active more than 30 years ago, and the meeting was organized by Kazuo Ojo, the author of "Kudouji Ghost Remarks" and "Neputa Osho". Neputa artist familiar with his nickname, Tatsuon Hasegawa, and others belonged to it.

According to Yutaka Moriyama of the same gallery, "There are many temples in the Tsugaru region that own ghost paintings. Some of them were handed over by Danka, others were not open to the public in the first place. There are many ghost paintings that haven't appeared in the world yet. " The reason for releasing ghost paintings on Obon is that "ghost paintings must also be memorialized."

"The decapitation figure (the axis of the eye opening)" is a ghost painting drawn at the end of the Edo period. Tomo. "This is the only place that is open to the public except Shodenji, which owns the painting," says Moriyama. In 1976, it was known that the right eye, which was supposed to be closed during the live broadcast of a TV program, opened.

In addition to ghost paintings, hell pictures are also exhibited and Kokeshi works by Mr. Rokuchihide Abo, who received the Prime Minister's Award at the All Japan Kokeshi Competition last year.

Admission is from 10:00 to 18:00. The admission fee (commemorative fee) is 500 JPY for adults and 300 JPY for children (elementary school students and above). Until August 21st.