The Kaibutsu Ehon ("Illustrated Book of Monsters") is an 1881 book featuring woodblock prints of yōkai, or creatures from Japanese folklore. Illustrated by painter Nabeta Gyokuei, the book is modeled after the influential works of Toriyama Sekien, an 18th-century scholar and ukiyo-e artist known for his attempt to catalog the many species of yōkai in Japan. Here are 25 monsters from the book.

Mikoshi-nyūdō -- Monk-like creature that grows taller the more you look at it

Nue -- Chimera-like bringer of misfortune that can fly and morph into a dark cloud

Futsukeshibaba (a.k.a. Hikeshibaba) -- Mysterious old woman in white who extinguishes lanterns

Kasha -- Cat-like demon that descends from the sky to feed on corpses before cremation

Noderabō -- Strange creature standing near a temple bell

Waraime (a.k.a. Kerakera-onna) -- Giant cackling woman

Daibutsu-kaibutsu -- Mysterious pile of crumbling skulls

Ubagabi -- Fiery ghost of old woman encountered along the Hozu River in Kyoto

Yamao -- One-eyed mountain creature (possibly related to the yama-waro of Kyushu)

Nyūnaisuzume -- Sparrows flying from the mouth of exiled poet Fujiwara no Sanekata

Buruburu -- Forest-dwelling ghost that causes victims to shiver violently

Aoi no Ue -- Character from The Tale of Genji who suffers episodes of spirit possession

Nekomata -- Fork-tailed cat with a host of supernatural abilities

Umizatō -- Blind lute player who walks on the sea

Shuten Dōji -- Fearsome oni known for kidnapping, enslaving and devouring young Kyoto maidens

Yūrei -- Ghost

Ubume -- Ghost of woman who died during childbirth

Raigō -- 11th-century monk reborn as a giant book-eating rat (a.k.a. Tesso - "Iron Rat")

Hitotsume-bōzu -- Monk with cyclopean eye

Shiriyau (a.k.a. Shiryō) -- Spirit of the dead

Tanuki-bō -- A monk who turned into a tanuki

Sōgenbi -- Fiery ghost of oil-thieving monk (based on Kyoto legend)

Teratsutsuki -- Mononobe no Moriya's resentment turns into a woodpecker

Tengu -- Bird-like demon

Yanari -- Little demons that produce the creaking sounds heard in old houses

[Link: Kaibutsu Ehon]