Toriyama Sekien

Toriyama Sekien (鳥山石燕^?, 1712 – September 22, 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 Kanō school. Toriyama is most famous for his attempt to catalogue all species of yōkai in the Hyakki Yakō series.^[1]

Notable works

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

References

^ Bush, Laurence c. (2001). Asian Horror Encyclopaedia. Writers Club Press. pp. 203. ISBN 0-595-20181-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=lesg5YSXckQC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA200&vq=Toriyama+Sekien&output=html.

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Name	Toriyama, Sekien
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Date of birth	1712
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Date of death	1788
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