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The Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari)


「百物語 お岩さん」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.9 x 18.4 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10239
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Hokusai (2005), #390; Shimazaki, "Ghost of Oiwa," Impressions 29 (2007-8), fig. 12; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #25.3; Addiss, Japanese Ghosts and Demons (1985, 2005), p. 24
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20457, 21.10239, RES.54.159
Signed Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.