One Hundred Monsters Ancient and Modern (Hyakki shūi)
A Japanese illustrated book of monsters and supernatural creatures by Toriyama Sekien, printed in Edo in 1781 for a popular readership. Its double-page spreads pair brush-inked woodblock drawings of yokai with short columns of Japanese text, arranged so each creature sits in a landscape or domestic setting. A designer might borrow its economical line work, the dense hatching used for fur and rock, and the way vertical text blocks frame the figures.
