Kyosai's Pictures of One Hundred Demons (Kyosai Hyakkigadan). Artist: Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831-1889). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in. (21 × 12.2 cm). Date: 1890.This was one of the Meiji artist's most popular books, which was published in various editions, including posthumous ones such as this one, from a year after the artist died. It shows a procession of demons who appear throughout the night, offering a spectacular visual encyclopedia of supernatural creatures of premodern Japanese folklore. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.