Naita Aka Oni (The Red Ogre Who Cried)

Naita Aka Oni (The Red Ogre Who Cried) is a 2 colour risograph in red and blue ink, printed on Munken Lynx 240gsm paper.

Based on a folktale of the same title. In Japanese folklore Ogres, known as Oni are the main villain, the final boss. In this tale however, a red Oni wants to befriend the children in the villaige, due to the Oni’s bad PR this became an impossible task. Luckily Red Oni had a friend the Blue Oni who pretended to be the big bad allowing the Red Oni to come in and save all the children instantly becoming a hero and friend to everyone… and everyone lived happily ever after?

Paper size: 21 x 29.7 cm (A4).
Open edition.

Nanami Takeuchi aka Nana Sometimes Draws draws inspiration from Japanese mythology and folklore to explore her heritage, creating new narratives for well-loved and lesser-known mythical creatures. Drawing with traditional brush pens, fine liners and anything that will create interesting textures. Riso printing brings her great joy, she enjoys seeing the lines and textures translate to print in these bold fluorescent colours depicting cute and slightly gruesome scenes.