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Yotsuya Ghost Story (Yotsuya kaidan 四ッ谷怪談),

1866, 8th lunar month

Rokkaen Yoshiyuki 六花園芳雪, 1835–1879, born Osaka, died Tokyo, active Osaka and Tokyo
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2025-85

Information

Title
Yotsuya Ghost Story (Yotsuya kaidan 四ッ谷怪談)
Dates

1866, 8th lunar month

Maker
Rokkaen Yoshiyuki 六花園芳雪
Medium
Woodblock print (shikake-e format): ink and color on paper
Dimensions
approx. ea. sheet: 26 × 19 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2025-85
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Yotsuya, Tokyo [Edo]

Signatures
Signed on each sheet: Yoshiyuki 芳雪
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, woodcuts
Subject
men, ghost stories, plays, women

[Japanese art trade];Veronica Miller, Egenolf Gallery, acquired from a private dealer’s auction, Tokyo, Japan, September 2024; purchased from the above by Princeton University Art Museum, May 2025.

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