Hyakkai Zukan

Edo-period Japanese picture scroll

Hyakkai-Zukan (百怪図巻, "The Illustrated Volume of a Hundred Demons") is a picture scroll by Edo period Japanese artist Sawaki Suushi. Completed in 1737, this scroll is a supernatural bestiary, a collections of ghosts, spirits and monsters (Yōkai), which Suushi based on literature, folklore, other artwork. These images had a profound influence on subsequent yōkai imagery in Japan for generations.[1]

Scroll gallery

  • Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越入道)
    Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越入道)
  • Shōkera (しやうけら)
    Shōkera (しやうけら)
  • Hyōsube (へうすへ)
    Hyōsube (へうすへ)
  • Nure-onna (ぬれ女)
    Nure-onna (ぬれ女)
  • Kappa (かわつは)
    Kappa (かわつは)
  • Gagoze (がごぜ)
    Gagoze (がごぜ)
  • Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん)
    Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん)
  • Kasha (火車)
    Kasha (火車)
  • Ubume (うぶめ)
    Ubume (うぶめ)
  • Nuppeppō (ぬつへつほう)
    Nuppeppō (ぬつへつほう)
  • Waira (わいら)
    Waira (わいら)
  • Otoroshi (おとろし)
    Otoroshi (おとろし)
  • Yamabiko (山びこ)
    Yamabiko (山びこ)
  • Nuribotoke (ぬりぼとけ)
    Nuribotoke (ぬりぼとけ)
  • Wauwau (わうわう)
    Wauwau (わうわう)
  • Yume no seirei (夢のせいれい)
    Yume no seirei (夢のせいれい)
  • Yamauba (山うは)
    Yamauba (山うは)
  • Inugami (犬神)
    Inugami (犬神)
  • Nukekubi (ぬけくび)
    Nukekubi (ぬけくび)
  • Yamawarau (山わらう)
    Yamawarau (山わらう)
  • Uwan (うわん)
    Uwan (うわん)
  • Akaguchi (あか口)
    Akaguchi (あか口)
  • Ushi-oni (うし鬼)
    Ushi-oni (うし鬼)
  • Mehitotsu-bō (目ひとつぼう)
    Mehitotsu-bō (目ひとつぼう)
  • Yūrei (ゆふれゐ)
    Yūrei (ゆふれゐ)
  • Furaribi (ふらり火)
    Furaribi (ふらり火)
  • Yuki-onna (ゆき女)
    Yuki-onna (ゆき女)
  • Yako (野狐)
    Yako (野狐)
  • Nekomata (猫また)
    Nekomata (猫また)
  • Kamikiri (かみきり)
    Kamikiri (かみきり)

See also

References

  1. ^ Kyōgoku, Natsuhiko; Tada, Katsumi (2000). Yōkai zukan. Tokyo, Japan: Kokusho kankōkai. pp. 130–156. ISBN 978-4-336-04187-6.