Ukiyo e parallels to the cloudy chapters of the Genji, Tamiya Iemon with fan and behind him his servant Akiyama Chobei, watching the ghostly apparition of Iemon's wife Oiwa. Oiwa carries a cage for fireflies in her hand, but her shadow reveals that she is a ghostly apparition. Iemon had given his wife poison, causing her to become disfigured and commit suicide. She continues to pursue her husband out of revenge., print, print maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (mentioned on object), publisher: Iseya Ichiemon, (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1846, paper, color woodcut, height, 365 mm × width, 250 mm

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