Yakō Basu (Night Bus)

Yakō Basu (Night Bus) is a 4 colour risograph in sunflower, fluorescent pink, blue and metallic gold ink, printed on Munken Lynx 240gsm paper.

Lost in the mountains, without any signal, waiting for the night bus that is not scheduled at the bus stop. This mountain walker doesn’t realise that she’s waiting at a bus stop full of critters and monsters from Japanese folklore including a Hitotsume Kozō, a cyclops lad and Mekari Baba, an eye borrowing granny. Who knows where the night bus will take her.

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.