Featured Age of Old Japanese Prints on Rice Paper

Picked this up today, thought it was neat. These were done by Toriyama Sekien, Inugami and Yokai Ukiyo-e Yamauba. I think those are the titles. These look pretty darn old. Could these have come out of an original book which was done in the 1700's ?

 

Aww man I LOVE Yokai and these are adorable. Authentic to period or not, I would put these pages on my wall for sure!

 

The illustrations are from the first volume of Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō , first published in 1776. In an 1805 printing held in the Smithsonian these two illustrations do not face each other, but are on front and back of the same leaf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazu_Hyakki_Yagyō

https://archive.org/details/GazuHyakkiyagyo1Tori/page/n15/mode/2up

I imagine there have been many reprints of the book, both in Japan and elsewhere, so it will probably be very difficult to date these particular prints.

 

Thank you 2many.

 

Beautiful illustrations !
Japanese have done demons,ghosts,wild men & talking foxes as well as,or better than most other world cultures.
Though Tibetans,Balinese,Medieval Europeans & modern Symbolists & Surrealists have some high moments.
PS-Re international cinema,for weird-Japanese Ghost Films.Though Indonesia,the Philippines and other E. Asian countries are also effective.I believe, even in our modern technocratic world,many Asians still find ghosts to be a part of life (pun?).

 

Love them too, kraft.

Yes, they do. At least in Indonesia. You're right, ghosts, spirits etc are a part of life to many Indonesians.
Even demons to some people, although those are generally considered rather stupid and can be tricked to stay away from one's home. For instance, the image of a demon mask can convince demons that there is already a demon 'in residence', so they move on.

 

They're simpletons AJ,like a scarecrow frightening off birds-just as long as they stay out of politics !