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This frightening print illustrates the story of Kohada Koheiji, a Kabuki actor who was drowned by his wife’s lover but later came back to haunt the couple. The tale was popular in the 18th century, eventually inspiring a novel and several Kabuki plays. Here, the skeletal ghost of Kohada Koheiji pulls down the mosquito net and eerily peers at the sleeping couple in their bed.

Hell Courtesan

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (Uso, shidarezakura), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)"

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Fishing by Torch in Kai Province (Koshu hiburi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri)

Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushu Tamagawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Iris and Grasshopper, from an untitled series of large flowers

Hydrangea and Swallow, from an untitled series of large flowers

Umezawa Marsh in Sagami Province (Soshu Umezawa hidari), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Morning Glories and Tree-frog, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

Tagonoura Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tagonoura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Lilies, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyakurakanji Sazaido), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Goddess Riding a Dragon, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

The great Jewish bride

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Joshu Ushibori), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Hawk, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Poppies, from an untitled series of flowers

Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Fujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishu Fujimigahara), from the series "Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Cotton Roses and Sparrow, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

A Philosopher Watching a Pair of Butterflies, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Grapevine

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Bell-Flower and Dragonfly, from an untitled series of large flowers

Fox, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Mount Fuji with Cherry Trees in Bloom

A Mild Breeze on a Fine Day (Gaifu kaisei), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)

The great Jewish bride

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Woman Reading a Letter

Fragment textiel

Dragon and Tiger

An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi)

Acteur in een Noh-theaterstuk, Tokyo

Grapevine and Squirrels

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Phoenix in Paulownia

Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)"

The Milkmaid

Tánggǔ (堂鼓)

The great Jewish bride

Armor (Gusoku)

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Chrysanthemum and Horsefly, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

Raft Cup

Blooming Plum Tree, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Iris, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Jar with Lion-Head Handles

Honderd gezichten op de berg Fuji - deel drie

Ovoid covered jar with a woman reading a letter and finial in the shape of a shishi

The Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province (Sunshu Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Two Rabbits, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Fragment van een muurschildering

Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano

Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night

Fan painting with river landscape

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Fragment textiel

Une odalisque, dite La grande odalisque

In front of a crumbling stone building, an older man kneels in front of a second man, smaller in scale, hanging from a tall, wooden cross, with a city in the background in this vertical painting. Both men have pale skin. At the lower center of the composition, the kneeling man, Saint Jerome, pulls his navy-blue robe to one side to expose his muscular but slender bare chest with a bloody mark at its center. With his other hand, he holds a rounded, gray stone touched with pink, also suggesting blood, by his side. He has long, silvery-gray hair and a long, pointed beard. His pink lips are parted, and we see his teeth. He raises gray eyes to look up at the man on the slender cross, which rises along the left edge of the composition. The man on the cross brown hair, a plate-like gold halo, and a white loincloth is draped across his hips. The shell-pink ground is littered with rocks. A red hat with a shallow brim and a tasseled chin cord sits near Saint Jerome’s sandaled feet. A miniature lion lies between Saint Jerome and the arched opening of the crumbling, terracotta-red structure along the right edge of the painting. Ivy grows up one side of the arch, and an hourglass and book with a red cover and gold-edged pages sit on a white cloth under the opening. An owl perches on a branch of an oak tree growing from the front face of the structure, and a hawk sits on a branch of the fruit tree growing from the stone courtyard, between Saint Jerome and the crucifix. A shrub with dark green leaves and clusters of three olive-green fruits fills in most of the space beneath the canopy of the fruit tree. To our right and in the distance, a man with a pointed black hat, a black jacket, and white pants rides away from us on a gray horse. To our left, the courtyard gives way to an amphitheater-like space. There, next to a donkey, a man with a long white beard hands a bundle of wood or planks to another man whose brown hair is cut into a ring encircling his head. Both men wear rose-pink garments over navy-blue togas. A town with white and pale pink stone buildings rises up a hill into the distance. The sky above deepens from honeydew green along the horizon to pale then peacock blue along the top edge of the composition. A few ice-blue, white, and light gray clouds float across the sky.

Ovoid covered jar with a woman reading a letter and finial in the shape of a shishi

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

Covered cylindrical beaker with leaf-motif

Fragment textiel

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

Wine Cup with Children at Play

Covered box decorated with chrysanthemums and waterfowl among lotus

Mask (mbap mteng): Elephant (aka)

Cloth with Procession of Figures

Green Tara

Hilma af Klint - Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 9, 1915

Water Lilies

Grafmonument met alliantiewapen en vier kwartierwapens

Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Palampore

Bell (Lai Zhong)

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

Jar with Dragon and Clouds Design

Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto)