Gazu Hyakki Yakō

Gazu Hyakki Yakō

Gazu Hyakki Yakō (画図百鬼夜行?, "The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons") is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō e-hon series, published 1776. These books are supernatural bestiaries, collections of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters, many of which Toriyama based on literature, folklore, other artwork. These works have had a profound influence on subsequent yōkai imagery in Japan. (See also: Hyakki Yakō)

Contents

First Volume - 陰

Second Volume - 陽




  • Kurozuka is the infamous, cannibalistic hag of Adachigahara. [4] [5] [6]
  • Rokurokubi (蛮, ?) is a woman who suffers from a supernatural illness, causing her head to float away from her body at night while her neck stretches indefinitely. [7] [8]
  • Sakabashira is a pillar that has been installed upside down, which causes the house to become haunted. [9] [10]
  • Makuragaeshi is a spirit that takes your pillow out from under your head while you sleep and places it by your feet instead. [11] [12]
  • Yukionna is a pale female spirit who appears in the snow, who sometimes causes people to freeze to death. [13] [14]
  • Ikiryō is a "living ghost", a spirit which appears outside of its body while its owner is still alive. It often belongs to a woman motivated by jealousy. [15] [16]
  • Shiryō is the spirit of a dead person. [17]

Third Volume - 風

  • Mikoshi, or Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越, 見越し入道?) is a long-necked creature whose height increases as fast as you can look up at it. [19] [20]
  • Shōkera (精螻蛄?) is a creature which peeks in through the skylight of an old house. [21] [22]
  • Hyōsube (ひょうすべ?) is a monkey-like creature which is kin to the kappa. [23] [24]
  • Waira (わいら?) is a large beast that lurks in the mountains, about which little is known. [25] [26]
  • Otoroshi (おとろし?) is a hairy creature sitting on top of a torii gate, thought to be a guardian of the shrine. [27] [28]
  • Nuribotoke (塗仏?)
  • Gagoze (元興寺?)
  • Ōni (苧うに?) (not to be confused with Oni 鬼)
  • Aobōzu (青坊主?)
  • Ushioni (牛鬼?)

References



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