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About the series

"Suzune Hyakki Yagyō Emaki" is a series of picture books depicting the night parade of one hundred demons, one era per volume: Shōwa, Heisei, Reiwa, Meiji–Taishō, Edo, Muromachi–Sengoku. Each volume has one hundred plates, and the era and costume stay fixed through the book.

Suzune appears alone in every plate. Each plate carries one hand-brushed paper slip with only a number and the yōkai's name. She is always barefoot, and her costume does not change within a volume.

There are standard editions and sensual editions (Tsuya). Tsuya volumes are drawn with a sensual mood; there is no explicit sexual content.

Paperbacks are sold on Amazon (Japan and US); PDF editions on Gumroad. The text is bilingual, Japanese and English.

About Suzune (Yachi Suzune)

Yachi Suzune is the figure who appears in these books, in short fiction, and on Instagram. Her mark is a small brass bell on a red braided cord at the throat. Whatever the era or costume, the bell stays.

About production

The plates are made with AI image generation, then edited and checked one by one by hand. Most volumes add notes on each yōkai's origin and how to recognize it, written from folklore sources; invented yōkai are marked as such.

About the author

yuriepoc makes images, video and fiction in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Instagram / Threads: @yuriepoc