One Hundred Ghost Stories
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One Hundred Ghost Stories is a series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints made by Katsushika Hokusai in the Yūrei-zu genre circa 1830. He created this series around the same time he was creating his most famo
The Plate Mansion (Sara-yashiki)
The Laughing Hannya (Warai-hannya)
The Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa-san)
The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji (Kohada Koheiji)
Tsukumogami
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In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the
Woodblock print, A New Collection of Monsters 新板化物つくし, 1860
The Hyakki Yagyō Emaki from the Muromachi period, author unknown. They are yōkai of tools, so they are commonly thought of as tsukumogami.