text: Detail from the Meiji era (1868–1912) Hyaku monogatari emaki (One Hundred Tales Picture Scroll). Modernizing Japan saw no end to works depicting the Inō Spirit Record. This example shows the creature that came on the thirtieth of the seventh month. It is a yōkai made of ash that appeared from the building’s hearth. Many worms are also crawling through the room. (Courtesy Miyoshi Mononoke Museum