In the Japanese ghost story 'Yotsuya Kaidan,' Oiwa became an onryō (vengeful spirit) after her death and haunted her treacherous husband everywhere he went in various ways, perhaps the most striking of which was her disfigured face appearing in paper lanterns. #MythologyMonday
: Katsushika Hokusai
A lantern catching fire and shows the face of #Oiwa, #Hokusai, from One Hundred Ghost Tales, ca. 1830s, #Japanese color #WoodblockPrint (#ukiyoe), seen in the #Museum of #EastAsian #Art #Cologne.
#JapaneseArt #Yokai
A nice poster for The Ghost of Yotsuya (Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan 東海道四谷怪談) (Shintōhō 1959).
#新東宝株式会社 #Shintōhō #TheGhostofYotsuya #TōkaidōYotsuyaKaidan #東海道四谷怪談 #TamiyaIemon #伊右衛門 #Oiwa #於岩 #JapaneseHorror #JapaneseGhost #Yūrei #幽霊#TsuruyaNanbokuIV #鶴屋南北
