Japanese woodcut printed on paper by By Utagawa Kunisada, Japan, 1833. Woman with a demon mask among the clouds. A female demon holds a demon mask on a rainy night. The woman is played by actor Segawa Kikunoj™ V (1802-32) in the kabuki play Modoribashi. This play is based on the N™h play 'Rash™mon', in which a man, Watanabe no Tsuna, meets a woman at the Ichij™ Modori bridge. He recognizes the woman as a demon and when she tries to kidnap him he cuts off her arm, after which she flies away. This is the top sheet of a vertical diptych. With one poem.

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Size: 3980px × 4804px
Location: Japan
Photo credit: © World Illustrated / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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