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Omori Hikoshichi Encounters a Ghost
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Omori Hikoshichi Encounters a Ghost

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1889 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Omori Hikoshichi carrying a beautiful lady he met on the way across a river on his back. The moon reveals her true form in the water, a monstrous ghost with horns.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printcrossing a river
Credit lineOmori Hikoshichi komt een spook tegen. 1889. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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