Hyakki yagyō emaki | 百鬼夜行絵卷

Item Overview

Title

Hyakki yagyō emaki | 百鬼夜行絵卷

Alternative title

Hyakki yagyōzu | 百鬼夜行図 [variant title]
Yōkai hyakutai | 妖怪百態 [title on case]

Date Created

[between 1716 and 1829?]

Date

1716/1829

Place of Origin

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]

Language

Japanese

Collection

Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Suzuki subject: 芸術－絵画－画帖・絵本

Physical Description

Extent

1 scroll : all color illustrations ; 296 x 220 mm

Binding note

巻子本 [kansubon] (scroll).

Illustrations note

筆写 [hissha] (hand-copied) colored reproduction of later Edo [1781-1868].

Keywords

Resource type

text

Subjects

Scrolls, Japanese--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600
Yōkai (Japanese folklore) in art
Painting, Japanese--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600
Ghosts in art
Painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868