Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories (Kyōka hyaku monogatari 狂歌百物語)
Poems on One Hundred Ghost Stories is a Japanese illustrated kyoka book of 1853 by Masazumi and Ryusai, pairing comic verse with a picture for each supernatural tale. The pages show yokai and ghostly figures in woodblock prints with light colour washes, rendered in crisp outline and calligraphic text. A designer could draw on their playful, grotesque creature designs and the economical use of ink lines and pale colour to suggest eerie scenes.
