Toriyama Sekien

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Toriyama Sekien (鳥山 石燕, Toriyama Sekien^? 1712 – 1788) was an 18th century scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore. He was the teacher of Utamaro, and, before taking up printmaking, a painter of the Kano school. Toriyama is most famous for his attempt to catalogue all species of yōkai in the Hyakki Yakō series.^[1]

[edit] Notable Works

• The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons (画図百鬼夜行, The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons^? published in 1776)
• The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past (今昔画図続百鬼, The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past^? published in 1779)
• Supplement to The Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past (今昔百鬼拾遺, Supplement to The Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past^? published in 1780)
• The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons (画図百鬼徒然袋, The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons^? published in 1784)

[edit] External links

• Some of Toriyama's works at Kyogokudō (京極堂)

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