The "Yurei Exhibition" is currently being held at the Hirosaki Gallery "Gallery Moriyama" (Jumoku, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-35-6787).

Approximately 80 ghost paintings on the theme of ghosts and youkai owned by the seven temples of Hirosaki and Kuroishi will be exhibited. The exhibition also has a side of memorial service for ghost paintings, and the director Yutaka Moriyama said, "The period of the exhibition is also a period of noticing the connection with ancestors and memorializing the dead and knowing the importance of life. Because. "

One of the highlights of the exhibition, the "Decapitation Figure" is called the "Axis of Eye Opening" and is a sketch of Yoriki Watanabe Kinsaburo, who was exposed to the neck at the end of the Edo period. It is also known that it became a hot topic that the right eye, which should have been closed, opened during the live TV broadcast in 1976 (Showa 51).

This year, in addition to two ghost paintings that he received from an acquaintance of an antique dealer in Tokyo, an illustration of a bagworm mountain person who drew a picture while traveling all over the country including Aomori during the Meiji era will be exhibited. "Mr. Moriyama is a person who was also involved in the excavation of clay figurines in Jomon. I want you to see it as one of the exciting Jomon booms in the World Heritage registration," says Moriyama.

On August 1st, the first day of the event, many repeaters and families visited the annual event. Mr. Moriyama smiles, "It's difficult to go out and the Neputa Festival is cancelled. I want you to see the ghost paintings, enjoy the extraordinary life, and cool down the hot summer."

The holding time is from 10:00 to 18:00. Admission (commemorative fee) is 500 yen for adults and 300 yen for children (elementary school students and above). Until August 20th.