Japanese Print "Lonely House - Gekko Zuihitsu" by Ogata Gekko

Japanese Print "Lonely House - Gekko Zuihitsu" by Ogata Gekko, 尾形月耕 (Ogata Gekko)

Artist:Ogata Gekko

Title:Lonely House - Gekko Zuihitsu

Date:1896.

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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Gekko Zuihitsu" (Gekko's Essay) The legend said that an old woman served a lord who had a strange disease. The only cure was the blood of children born in a certain month. The woman roamed the country side killing children to obtain blood for her lord. When he had recovered, she confessed how she obtained the cure and was pardoned.

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