Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: No. 27 Ashida 芦田 / Kisokaido rokujoku tsugi no uchi 木曾街道六十九次之内 (Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido)
Date: 1852 (8th month)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ashida Station. The sorceress Nyogetsuni (later to become Takiyasha) walking through the snow performing a magic ritual, an attendant carrying a severed head attached to a branch behind her (Inset: village among mountains).
