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Konjaku Hyakki Shūi


Konjaku Hyakki Shūi (今昔百鬼拾遺?, "Supplement to The Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past") is the third book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō series, published ca. 1781. These books are supernatural bestiaries, collections of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters, many of which Toriyama based on literature, folklore, and other artwork. These works have had a profound influence on subsequent yōkai imagery in Japan.

The three volumes were titled Cloud (雲), Mist (霧), and Rain (雨).

Shinkirō (, mirage?) is a clam that has grown to an enormous size, at which point it rises to the surface of the sea and breathes out a mirage of distant cities.

Shokuin (?) is the spirit of China's Purple Mountain. It appears as a red, man-faced dragon, a thousand ri tall.

Ninmenju (人面樹, human-faced tree?) is a tree which grows in remote mountains recesses, with flowers that resemble human faces. These faces are always smiling, even as they fall from their branches.


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