《今昔续百鬼·云》 / Konjaku Zoku Hyakki: Kumo

《今昔续百鬼·云》 is the [[KyogokuNatsuhiko|京极夏彦]] book used by 115.京极夏彦今昔续百鬼：不研究妖怪，怎么好好做人？ as an accessible entrance into the [[HyakkiYagyoSeries|百鬼夜行系列]]. The episode chooses it because its medium-length stories are shorter, gentler, and less spoiler-sensitive than the main long novels.

The source presents the book as an early timeline point in the Kyogokudo universe: [[ChuzenjiAkihiko|中禅寺秋彦]] has not yet fully become the central detective figure, while [[TataraKatsugoro|多多良胜五郎]] and [[NumagamiRenji|沼上蓮次]] carry the fieldwork and comic misadventure structure.

Key Claims

• The book gives new readers a lower-risk way to sample Kyogoku’s mixture of folklore research, mystery plotting, humor, and human aftercare.
• Its first story, [[AnganKozo|《暗眼小僧》]], demonstrates the source’s core pattern: a supposed yokai incident becomes a human, social, and interpretive problem.
• The episode says the later stories include 泥田坊, a hand-with-eye yokai, and 寄生佛, with 寄生佛 presented as closer to horror mystery and linked to [[ChuzenjiAkihiko|中禅寺秋彦]]’s appearance.

Connections

• [[KyogokuNatsuhiko|京极夏彦]] and [[HyakkiYagyoSeries|百鬼夜行系列]] - author and series context.
• [[TataraKatsugoro|多多良胜五郎]] and [[NumagamiRenji|沼上蓮次]] - protagonists of the source-discussed book.
• [[AnganKozo|《暗眼小僧》]] - first story summarized in detail.
• [[YokaiMystery|妖怪推理]], [[YokaiImageExegesis|妖怪图像阐释]], and [[FolkloreAsSocialMemory|民俗作为社会记忆]] - concepts made legible through the book.