Several monsters, continue the procession, including one with a Buddhist monk’s alms bowl on its head.
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.
Also appearing in the collection…
Several monsters, continue the procession, including one with a Buddhist monk’s alms bowl on its head.
Artist
Date
1890
From
Hyakki Yagyō
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