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entity Updated 2026-07-24 Topics: Culture

百鬼夜行系列 / Hyakki Yagyo Series

百鬼夜行系列 is 京极夏彦’s main yokai-mystery series as introduced in 115.京极夏彦今昔续百鬼：不研究妖怪，怎么好好做人？. The episode treats it as a dense literary universe where long mystery plots, yokai scholarship, postwar Japanese change, and recurring characters converge.

The source mentions major long works including 《姑获鸟之夏》, 《魍魉之匣》, 《狂骨之梦》, 《铁鼠之槛》, and 《络新妇之理》, while choosing 《今昔续百鬼·云》 as a shorter, less spoiler-heavy entry point. The point is to introduce the world and its method without emptying the main long novels of their mystery tension.

Key Claims

  • The series is not only a case-solving vehicle; it uses cases to stage competing explanations drawn from psychology, folklore, religion, social change, and ordinary motives.
  • The episode connects the series to a wider Kyogokudo universe, including works set in other historical periods.
  • 中禅寺秋彦 is central to the larger universe, but 《今昔续百鬼·云》 foregrounds 多多良胜五郎 and 沼上蓮次 as an entry route.

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