Elegy of the Yokai

Not monsters. But spirits wrapped in silence, longing, and grace. This photoshoot reframes Japanese yokai through a modern editorial lens — where Kitsune, Yuki-onna, and others emerge not as horrors, but as quiet echoes of our own humanity: our desire to be seen, to be remembered, to never truly disappear. Each frame is not just a portrait — it’s a whispered elegy for what still lingers in the shadows