KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Five Meiji editions of the series Hyaku monogatari [A Hundred Ghost Stories] and an interesting variation on the Oiwa lantern theme by the Osaka artist Hokuei depicting the actor Arashi Rikan II in the role of Tamiya Iemon being startled by the ghostly image of his murdered wife Oiwa
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Five Meiji editions of the series Hyaku monogatari [A Hundred Ghost Stories] and an interesting variation on the Oiwa lantern theme by the Osaka artist Hokuei depicting the actor Arashi Rikan II in the role of Tamiya Iemon being startled by the ghostly image of his murdered wife Oiwa
Chuban tate-e
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