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Fumi Tomita: Yokai: Songs of the Japanese Supernatural

by Jack Bowers
October 22, 2026

In 2023, seeking solace after the recent death of his father, bassist and composer Fumi Tomita began exploring the artwork in a book of woodblock Japanese images that his wife had given him, and found in them the inspiration for an album devoted to exploring the mystical realm of Japanese spiritualism from a jazz perspective. Tomita, a New Yorker of Japanese descent, wrote nine themes based on his understanding of Japanese supernatural beliefs and recorded them with his ...