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Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with long dark hair and a white kimono, depicted as a ghostly figure with a long tail, standing on flames. The woman's body fades into a dark gray tail at the lower end. She has her arms bent at the elbow, with her hands near her chest and stomach. Her hair flows behind her. There are red and orange flames behind her and under her. The background is a mottled beige color. There is Japanese text on the left side.

Artwork details

Date:
1812
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
453 × 625 px
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