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 Japanese
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Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan
Title: Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road"
Artist:
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1812
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis V. Ledoux, 1927
Accession Number: JP1492
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