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Pantheon: Japanese
Author: Unknown
Completed: Sometime between 1625-1750
Copies: There are only two known copies to/still exist. The original is in a private collection and an altered version completed years later is on display at the Sakawa Education Committee of Sakawa, Kōchi Prefecture
Key Points
- Japanese illustrated scroll containing 16 sections on yokai.
Brief Bio
The Tosa Obake Zōshi (土佐お化け草紙; lit. 'Tosa ghost book') is a Japanese yōkai emaki (illustrated scroll). It was written by an unknown author and is set in Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture), with 16 sections about yōkai in total; it was created during the Edo period.
Tosa Obake Zōshi 土佐お化け草紙
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
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