Keywords: Hokushu - Keisei Omonguchi - Walters 9584.jpg This print illustrates a scene from the Kabuki play Keisei Omonguchi The character is shown gazing upon a spirit fire which usually suggests a confrontation with the supernatural frequently the ghost of an unjustly murdered person returning to haunt the murderer Nakamura Utaemon III plays the role of Mino Shinkuro who in this scene is posing as a blind street musician 1823 late Edo mulberry paper color ink cm 37 4 25 5 accession number 95 84 35553 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1986 Poem unread; Signature Horai Sanjin; Signature Shunkosai Hokushu ga place of origin Osaka Japan Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Hokushū Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |