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Toriyama Akinari Terutada with Ghost; (The Lavender Chapter)

Utagawa Yoshiiku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Color woodblock print of a woman in a kimono seated on the floor. The woman wears a kimono with a white, gray and red design and sits cross-legged with her head down. Behind her to the left is a translucent ghostly figure, and an object on fire hangs from the ceiling. The background has a dark color with white scratches. There are several Japanese characters on panels at the top and on red decorations on the right. The panels are yellow and red. The image has a light brown border around the edge. The artwork depicts a scene from "The Lavender Chapter" and features Terutada with a ghost. It is the work of Utagawa Yoshiiku.

Artwork details

Date:
1864
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
432 × 624 px
Museum record:
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