ONI - Toriyama Sekien

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- Yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - - ABC-Index -
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Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕
(1712 – 1788)

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 Yagyō series.
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. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - .



Oni in the direction "ushi tora" 丑寅 ox-tiger
at the kimon　鬼門 "demon gate"
So they are portrait with a tiger-skin loincloth and horns of a bull.

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金時と鬼の腕相撲 Kintoki and Demons Arm Wrestling
Nanajuunana oo Sekien giga 七十七翁石燕戯画

. Kintaro 金太郎 "The Golden Boy"　Kintoki 金時 .
坂田金時 Sakata Kintoki

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. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - .

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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