Ehon Hyaku Monogatari
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The , also called the is a book of images by Japan
ese artist Takehara Shunsen, published ca. 1841. The book was intended as a followup to Toriyama Sekien
's Gazu Hyakki Yakō series. Like these books it is a supernatural bestiary
of ghosts, monsters, and spirits which has had a profound influence on subsequent yōkai
imagery in Japan.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese artist Takehara Shunsen, published ca. 1841. The book was intended as a followup to Toriyama Sekien
Toriyama Sekien
thumb|200px| was an 18th century scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore. He was the teacher of Utamaro and, before taking up printmaking, a painter of the Kanō school. Toriyama is most famous for his attempt to catalogue all species of yōkai in the Hyakki Yakō series.-References:...
's Gazu Hyakki Yakō series. Like these books it is a supernatural bestiary
Bestiary
A bestiary, or Bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals, birds and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson...
of ghosts, monsters, and spirits which has had a profound influence on subsequent yōkai
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "otherworldly" and "weird". Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them...
imagery in Japan.