Phantom images depicted by Buson, who was an excellent Haiga (simple paintings which accompany and interact with the 17-syllable poetic verse called haiku) artist, were characterized by their unique, cartoon-like painting style, rather than realistic depiction of grotesque specters.
俳画に長ける蕪村の妖怪画は、妖怪として真に迫ったものというよりはむしろ、漫画に近いユニークな画風が特徴である。