is a picture scroll by
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
Japanese artist Sawaki Suushi. Completed in 1737, this scroll is a supernatural
bestiary
A bestiary (from ''bestiarum vocabulum'') is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history ...
, a collections of ghosts, spirits and monsters (
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious." are also referred to as , or . Despite often being translated as suc ...
), which Suushi based on
literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
,
folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...
, other
artwork. These images had a profound influence on subsequent ''yōkai'' imagery in Japan for generations.
Scroll gallery
Image:Suushi Mikoshi-nyudo.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Shokera.jpg,
Image:Suushi Hyosube.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Nure-onna.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Kappa.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Gagoze.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Nurarihyon.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Kasha.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Ubume.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Nuppeppo.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Waira.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Otoroshi.jpg,
Image:Suushi Yama-biko.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Nuribotoke.jpg,
Image:Suushi Ouni.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Yume-no-seirei.jpg,
Image:Suushi Yama-uba.jpg,
Image:Suushi Inugami.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Nukekubi.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Yama-warau.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Uwan.jpg,
Image:Suushi Akakuchi.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Ushioni.jpg,
Image:Mehitotsubou.jpg,
Image:Suushi_Yurei.jpg,
Image:Suushi Furaribi.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Yuki-onna.jpg,
Image:Suushi Yako.jpg,
Image:Suuhi Nekomata.jpg,
Image:Suushi Kamikiri.jpg,
See also
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List of legendary creatures from Japan
The following is a list of demons
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such ...
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Tsukumogami
In Japanese folklore, ''tsukumogami'' (付喪神 or つくも神, lit. "tool ''kami''") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of '' The Tales of Ise'' titled ''Ise Monogatari Shō'', there is a theory ...
References
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Japanese art
Yōkai
1737 works
Edo-period works
1737 in Japan