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The book is a supernatural [[bestiary]], a collection of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters from [[Japanese literature|literature]], [[Japanese folklore|folklore]], and other [[Japanese art|artwork]]. The art of ''Gazu Hyakki Yagyō'' heavily references a 1737 scroll-painting called the ''[[Hyakkai Zukan]]'' by artist Sawaki Sūshi;<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = 11 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> Sekien's innovation was preparing the illustrations as woodblock prints that could be mass-produced in a bound book format.<ref>{{cite book | last = Foster | first = Michael Dylan | title = Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai | publisher = University of California Press | year = 2009 | page = 56}}</ref> Intended as a parody of then-popular reference books such as the ''[[Wakan Sansai Zue]]'', it ended up becoming a reference book in its own right, profoundly influencing subsequent ''[[yōkai]]'' imagery in Japan.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = viii | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> The book proved popular enough to be reprinted three times over the course of the Edo era by various book-sellers.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = xiv | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> The book is compiled in three sub-volumes: ''Yin'', ''Yang'', and ''Wind''. ''Yin'' features a foreword by poet Maki Tōei, while Wind ends with an afterword by Sekien.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | pages= 3–5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref>
The book is a supernatural [[bestiary]], a collection of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters from [[Japanese literature|literature]], [[Japanese folklore|folklore]], and other [[Japanese art|artwork]]. The art of ''Gazu Hyakki Yagyō'' heavily references a 1737 scroll-painting called the ''[[Hyakkai Zukan]]'' by artist Sawaki Sūshi;<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = 11 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> Sekien's innovation was preparing the illustrations as woodblock prints that could be mass-produced in a bound book format.<ref>{{cite book | last = Foster | first = Michael Dylan | title = Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai | publisher = University of California Press | year = 2009 | page = 56}}</ref> Intended as a parody of then-popular reference books such as the ''[[Wakan Sansai Zue]]'', it ended up becoming a reference book in its own right, profoundly influencing subsequent ''[[yōkai]]'' imagery in Japan.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = viii | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> The book proved popular enough to be reprinted three times over the course of the Edo era by various book-sellers.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | page = xiv | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref> The book is compiled in three sub-volumes: ''Yin'', ''Yang'', and ''Wind''. ''Yin'' features a foreword by poet Maki Tōei, while Wind ends with an afterword by Sekien.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yoda | first1 = Hiroko | last2 = Alt | first2 = Matt | title = Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien | publisher = Dover Publications | year = 2016 | pages= 3–5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj9-rgEACAAJ | isbn = 978-0-486-80035-6 }}</ref>

Gazu Hyakki Yako book 1971 Toriyama Sekien a yokai


== First Volume "Yin" – 陰 ==
== First Volume "Yin" – 陰 ==

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Gazu Hyakki Yagyō (画図百鬼夜行, "The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons" or The Illustrated Demon Horde's Night Parade) is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yagyō e-hon tetralogy, published in 1776. A version of the tetralogy translated and annotated in English was published in 2016.[1] Although the title translates to "The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons", it is based on an idiom, hyakki yagyō, that is akin to pandemonium in English and implies an uncountable horde.[2] The book is followed by Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, Konjaku Hyakki Shūi, and Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.

The book is a supernatural bestiary, a collection of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters from literature, folklore, and other artwork. The art of Gazu Hyakki Yagyō heavily references a 1737 scroll-painting called the Hyakkai Zukan by artist Sawaki Sūshi;[3] Sekien's innovation was preparing the illustrations as woodblock prints that could be mass-produced in a bound book format.[4] Intended as a parody of then-popular reference books such as the Wakan Sansai Zue, it ended up becoming a reference book in its own right, profoundly influencing subsequent yōkai imagery in Japan.[5] The book proved popular enough to be reprinted three times over the course of the Edo era by various book-sellers.[6] The book is compiled in three sub-volumes: Yin, Yang, and Wind. Yin features a foreword by poet Maki Tōei, while Wind ends with an afterword by Sekien.[7]

First Volume "Yin" – 陰

The first volume of Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Yin", includes the following yōkai.

Second Volume "Yang" – 陽

The second volume of Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Yang", includes the following yōkai.

Third Volume "Wind" – 風

The third volume of Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Wind", includes the following yōkai.

See also

References

  1. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.
  2. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. p. vi. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.
  3. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.
  4. ^ Foster, Michael Dylan (2009). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. University of California Press. p. 56.
  5. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. p. viii. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.
  6. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. p. xiv. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.
  7. ^ Yoda, Hiroko; Alt, Matt (2016). Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien. Dover Publications. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-0-486-80035-6.

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