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The Shinju-an Night Parade scroll

A picture scroll at Shinju-an in Daitoku-ji, attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu (around 1500), shows a 'night parade of one hundred demons', including old tools turned into spirits.

1500 CE · 35.04, 135.75 · status: official

The account

It is the oldest surviving version of the Hyakki Yagyō theme and set the look of many yōkai for centuries.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Hyakki Yagyō
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