Aoandon

Overview

Aoandon is represented by a long-haired human-like figure positioned immediately behind a tall standing lamp. Small horns rise above the hair, and the smiling face shows prominent teeth. The lamp’s detached panel lies on the floor, exposing an oil container and flame within its frame. A comb, small box and folded personal objects fill the foreground.

The printed title 青行燈 identifies the apparition through a familiar household light. Its relationship to the lamp is spatially precise: the figure occupies the dark area behind the lit container rather than replacing the flame. The surrounding grooming and writing objects establish an interior setting. The page provides an illustrated witness to the named lamp figure; detailed claims about its arrival after a hundred ghost stories require a separate verified textual account.

Origins & earliest records

Toriyama Sekien, Konjaku Hyakki Shūi (first published 1781), volume 2; the named plate was directly inspected in the digitized institutional copy. This dates a selected representation, not an earliest oral belief.

Records & interpretation

Printed label 青行燈 and creature composition directly checked in the enlarged primary scan. The cursive explanatory commentary has not been fully transcribed; detailed popular narratives are excluded unless supported separately.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

1. 01

   Konjaku Hyakki Shūi

   Toriyama Sekien · 1781

   Volume 2; IIIF canvas index 7 (zero-based); HyakkishuYiV2Tori_0008.jp2. Named illustration directly inspected.

Family & connections

A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.

Primary records and illustrations

References

Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.

1. Institutional primary-book recordKonjaku Hyakki Shūi — Smithsonian Libraries digitized volume 2Research access: 2026-10-05
2. Primary illustrated plate / institutional digitizationAoandon (青行燈) — exact inspected primary plateResearch access: 2026-10-05

Image credits

Aoandon, named plate by Toriyama Sekien

Printed label 青行燈 and the pictured composition directly inspected at enlarged resolution. A long-haired horned figure appears behind an opened standing lamp in Sekien’s Aoandon illustration. The exact image URL comes from the returned IIIF manifest, not a guessed page ID.