

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Yokaigaku: The Study of Yokai
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 12:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Location: Panel Room 3
Badges to Isshocon required for attendance
Panel is rated PG-13

This panel addresses the historical developments in yokai study from premodern Japan to the present, and addresses how some specific yokai have evolved over time. 

Topics include:

1) Defining yokai
Rough vs placated spirits; path to being a kami; cryptids vs yokai

2) Premodern yokai
Yokai influences from China; Heian era superstition; yokai in the Tale of the Heike; European science, technology, and the development of yokai encyclopedias; use of yokai stories to criticize Tokugawa government and social stratification

Yokai covered in this section: tengu, gashadokuro, oni, yurei (Oiwa, Okiku)

3) Modern yokai
Inoue Enryō's systematic attempt to prove yokai do not exist; 
Development of folklorism to preserve "old Japan" in response to rapid modernization; Godzilla as a post-war criticism; development of popular culture in the 60s through anime such as Gegege no Kitaro; Studio Ghibli and the "folkloresque"; J-horror boom

Yokai covered in this section: kappa, kitsune, yurei, kaiju

4) Evolving yokai
Collaborative storytelling in online spaces (forums, VR chat)  

Yokai covered in this section: Hachishakusama, Momo

#isshocon #isshocon2026
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- **Event Categories**: business, anime, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ypsilanti
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest
- **lat**: 42.224214734017
- **long**: -83.613431045539
- **full address**: Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, 1275 S Huron Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48197-7020, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Vile Sensei (https://allevents.in/org/vile-sensei/25200859)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 12:45 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, 1275 S Huron Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48197-7020, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Vile Sensei
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business, anime, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Yokaigaku: The Study of Yokai ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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