thumb|Yūrei by Sawaki Sūshi (1737) are a genre of Japanese art consisting of painted or woodblock print images of ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings. They are considered to be a subgenre of , "pictures of manners and customs". These types of art works reached the peak of their popularity in Japan in the mid- to late 19th century.
thumb|Yūrei by Sawaki Sūshi (1737) are a genre of Japanese art consisting of painted or woodblock print images of ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings. They are considered to be a subgenre of , "pictures of manners and customs". These types of art works reached the peak of their popularity in Japan in the mid- to late 19th century.
==Yūrei== Literally translatable as ' ', yūrei is just one of several Japanese words used to refer to spirit beings. Other terms include: , , , and . There is a long tradition of belief in the supernatural in Japan stemming from a variety of influences. Imported sources include Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese folklore. The most notable influence, however, is Shintō, a native Japanese animistic religion which presupposes that our physical world is inhabited by eight million omnipresent spirits.
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