Ghost Stories: Night Procession of the Hundred Demons
(Kaidan hyakki yagyô, 開談百気夜行)
1830
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This series shows male and female genitalia in the guise of various demons. Each print bears a title, many of which are bawdy and often pun the demons’ names. Although the individual prints are unsigned, the wrapper is signed “Ichimyôkai Hodoyoshi ga”, a signature Kuniyoshi is known to have used on shunga (erotic art). This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints in this series are each about 5 by 3.5 inches (13 by 9 centimeters), a size known as koban. I am grateful to Marijn Kruijff for these images. |
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Title: Junping Doll (Tobiningyô) Description: This is the
cover of the series showing a toy in the form of a cat-person |
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Title: Sexy Prick,
Big Pussy (Enmara daibolo) Description: Emma, king of
hell, presides over lovemaking among the hungry dead (gakidô) |
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Title: Pussy Spirit
of Kasane (Kasane no bobokon) Description: The
disfigured Kasane had been murdered by her husband, Yoemon,
with a sickle by the |
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Title: Cunt Monk (Tsubi bôzu) Description: Umi-bôzu (sea monk) was a large demon that emerged from the
sea to haunt ships |
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Title: Consoling
Pussy of Horse Face Mountain, Sometimes Called Monk Riot (Tsuramayama dôjô-bobo, ichimei
Sôdô-bô) Description: Monk Sôjô taught military arts to Ushiwaka-maru
(the young Yoshitsune) at Kuramayama |
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Title: Pillar of
Flames (Hi-hashira) Description: A flaming
pillar of penises rises above the roofs of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter
(which was frequently destroyed by fire) |
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Title: Crucifixion
of Okoma (Okoma no karitsuke) Description: Okoma, who was sentenced to be executed at Suzu-ga-mori
for murdering her husband was pardoned after petitioning by her lover Saiza |
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Title: Four-eyed
Acolyte (Yotsume kozô) Description: Hitotsume kozô (one-eyed
acolyte) was a much-feared demon. This
four-eyed version holds higo-zuiki (dried stems of
sweet potato), which were used as a sex toy. |
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Title: Octo-pussy of
the Description: Large
octopuses were hunted at the mouth of the |
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Title: Penis
Skeleton (Karikkotsu) Description: A penis
skeleton menaces a woman who has come onto a veranda at night |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this hanshita-e
(final drawing) for the above design. |
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Title: Licentious
Priest with Angry Pussy (Jinbari nyûdô bobo dokisu) Description: A woman is
frightened by a phallus-shaped ghost as a swallow with a phallus head comes
from the ghost’s mouth |
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Title: Jewel Gate (Gyokumon, also
meaning vulva) Description: An executed
criminal’s head displayed at the entrance to a prison (gokumon) |
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Title: Nailing a
Dick Doll at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi
no toki mairi mara ningyô o utsu) Description: A woman
wanting to kill a man who had spurned her was supposed to don a crown of
candles, go to a shrine at the hour of the ox (about 2 AM), and nail a straw
figure of the man to s sacred tree |
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Title: Phallus
Serpent with Toad and Snail Description: |
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Title: Rokurokubi Description: A rokurokubi
(demon that can stretch its neck) with a vulva-shaped face |
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Title: Description: Penis-headed
figure with vulva-headed ghost |
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Title: Description: Actor with
vulva-shaped mouth |
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Title: Cunt-shaped
Courtesan Ghost Description: |
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Title: Description: |
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Title: Phallus and
Vagina-shaped Mountain God Description: |
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Title: Description: |
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Title: Description: Winged spirit
with a vulva-shaped face carrying a phallus-shaped baby |
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Title: Description: Body with a
vulva-shaped face nailed to a door |
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Title: Description: Fellatio by a
vulva-faced demon |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this hanshita-e
(final drawing) for an unpublished design in this series. |
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