Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu
Title: Ghost and Fisher Girl - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe
Date: 1886.
Details & Prices: Toyohara Chikanobu: Ghost and Fisher Girl - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night)Ghosts of Taira no Tomomori and his men give a treasure sword to a fisher girl. The Heike perished in Dan-no-ura Bay. Ever since, the sad faces of Heike soldiers are believed to appear on the back shells of the sea crabs around the area.
