Katsuhika Hokusai – The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji (1832)

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This work of art has been digitally enhanced without erasing signs of ageing for the sake of authenticity. Digital paintings are very popular right now as an affordable and stylish way to decorate and personalize your home and office.

Katsuhika Hokusai – The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji (1832)

“This print shows a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was drowned in a swamp by his wife and her lover. Kohada Koheiji was a kabuki actor for the Morita-za theater; as he couldn’t get any good role, he was cast as a yurei, and could only get yurei roles from there on out. His wife Otsuka was ashamed of him, and together with her lover (another actor called Adachi Sakuro), she murdered Kohada and threw his body into a swamp. He returns to haunt them in revenge.

The work depicts a skeletal ghost with flames around him who has returned to scare the couple while they are in bed together under a mosquito net.

The writer Santō Kyōden, also known as the ukiyo-e artist Kitao Masanobu, developed the Koheiji story in his 1803 novel, Bizarre Tale of Revenge at Asaka Marsh (Fukushû kidan Asaka-numa). The story based on actual events, as Koheiji was a real murder victim. In 1808, the story was staged on the kabuki theater.

The ghost wears juzu beads which were used in Buddhist prayer by rubbing between both hands. Regardless of whether they were Kohada’s or part of his yurei kabuki costume, the beads symbolize religious piety, which Otsuki and Adachi clearly disregarded.”

After purchase you will have access to a PDF document with a link to these files available for download: 5×7”, 8×10”, 9×12”, 11×14”, 16×20″, 18×24″, 24×36″ and A1.

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