Gazu Hyakki Yagyō (画図百鬼夜行; "The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons" orThe Illustrated Demon Horde's Night Parade) is the first book ofJapanese artistToriyama Sekien's famousGazu Hyakki Yagyōe-hontetralogy, published in 1776. A version of thetetralogy 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 topandemonium in English and implies an uncountable horde.[2] The book is followed byKonjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki,Konjaku Hyakki Shūi, andGazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.
The book is a supernaturalbestiary, a collection of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters fromliterature,folklore, and otherartwork. The art ofGazu Hyakki Yagyō heavily references a 1737 scroll-painting called theHyakkai 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 theWakan Sansai Zue, it ended up becoming a reference book in its own right, profoundly influencing subsequentyōkai 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, andWind.Yin features a foreword by poet Maki Tōei, while Wind ends with an afterword by Sekien.[7]
The first volume ofGazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Yin", includes the following yōkai.
The second volume ofGazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Yang", includes the following yōkai.
The third volume ofGazu Hyakki Yagyō, called "Wind", includes the following yōkai.
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