Under dawn’s red sun, the parade of demons ends. From left: the one-eyed Aobōzu, who kidnaps children, a water dwelling creature (kappa), and Nuribotoke, a Buddha-like demon with dangling eyeballs.
Featured on PDR in the collection Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889), aka “The Demon of Painting”, composed this book of woodblock illustrations toward the end of a life that had begun during the Edo period, when Japan was still a feudal country, and ended in the midst of the Meiji period, when the country was transforming into a modern state.