The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji, c. 1831-1832
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.expand_more 56.52.3
Not on Viewexpand_more
Kohada Koheiji is an actor, believed to have lived in Edo later Edo Period. It's believed that his wife had an affair, conspired and killed him with her boyfriend, Koheiji became a ghost and haunted them, killed the wife, her lover went crazy and killed himself. This story later was written as a novel by Santō Kyōden in 1807, also made to be several Kabuki plays including the one by Tsuriya Nanboku in 1808, the other by Suzuki Senzaburō in 1925.
Details
- Title
- The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji
- Artist Life
- 1760 - 1849
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 56.52.3
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Ukiyo-e shūka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chūban #25.4; RSK00904
- Curator Approved
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