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Toriyama Sekien (鳥山 石燕, 1712 –
September 22, 1788), real name Sano Toyofusa, was a scholar, kyōka poet, and ukiyo-e
artist of ****anese folklore. Born to...
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Demon Horde's
Night Parade) is the
first book of ****anese
artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu
Hyakki Yagyō e-hon tetralogy,
published in 1776. A version...
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Present and the Past") is the
second book of ****anese
artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu
Hyakki Yagyō tetralogy,
published c. 1779. A
version of the...
- The ouni (苧うに) is a yōkai
depicted in the Gazu
Hyakki Yagyō by
Toriyama Sekien. It is a yōkai with a face like that of a
demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth...
- citation] In the Edo
period (1603 to 1868), many artists, such as
Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788),
invented new yōkai by
taking inspiration from folk-tales or...
- used as a
synonym for this type of fish. In the
Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by
Sekien Toriyama, the
ayakashi are
represented by a
large sea snake, but this may...
- its full body
appearance is unknown. In its
opened mouth is a big tongue.
Sekien did not
attach an
explanatory note
about this yōkai, but its
origins are...
- mouth") is a
strange furry yōkai, or ****anese monster, that is
illustrated in
Sekien Toriyama's Gazu
Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro. It is a type of
tsukumogami formed...
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collection of Yōkai pictures, the
Konjaku Gazu Zoku
Hyakki by
Toriyama Sekien published in 1779. Its
picture has the
explanatory text, "as
explained more...
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Muromachi period.
Other notable works in this
motif include those by
Toriyama Sekien (Gazu
Hyakki Yagyō) and
Utagawa Yoshiiku. However, Toriyama's work presents...
