Japanese Print "Ghost Peony Lantern - One Hundred Kabuki Roles by Onoe Baiko" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Ghost Peony Lantern - One Hundred Kabuki Roles by Onoe Baiko
Date:1893.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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"Baiko Hyakushu no Uchi" (One Hundred Kabuki Roles by Onoe Baiko) no. 18. Okome holds a peony lantern while her mistress Otsuyu visits Shinzaburo. Otsuyu was in love with Shinzaburo but she and Okome died of fever disease. Eversince, the wooden sandals' footsteps echo before their ghostly figures show up in front of Shinzaburo's house.