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Tamiya Iemon and servant looking at Oiwa
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Tamiya Iemon and servant looking at Oiwa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1846 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Tamiya Iemon with a fan and behind him his servant Akiyama Chobei, look at the ghostly apparition of Iemon's wife Oiwa. In her hand, Oiwa carries a cage for fireflies, but her shadow reveals that she is a ghost. Iemon had given his wife poison, causing her to become disfigured and commit suicide. In revenge, she continues to haunt her husband.

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printfanspirit, ghosthouse personnel, servants
Credit lineTamiya Iemon en bediende kijkend naar Oiwa. c. 1846. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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