Toriyama Sekien
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Toriyama Sekien (Japanese: 鳥山石燕; 1712-1788) was a print artist of the genre ukiyo-e who specialised in yokai. He was the teacher of Utamaro. Before engaging in printmaking, he was a painter of the Kano school.
In the 1780s, Sekien undertook a thorough study of the Japanese supernatural beings. The result was his Hyakki Yakō series, on which his posthumous fame lies. The first volume appeared in 1781, under the title The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons (画図百鬼夜行, Gazu Hyakki Yakō). Three more volumes followed: The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past (今昔画図続百鬼, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki), Supplement to The Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past (今昔百鬼拾遺, Konjaku Hyakki Shūi), and The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons (画図百鬼徒然袋, Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure-bukuro).
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