[Obsession]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print title page illustration showing a snake wrapped around a memorial tablet (ihai) for a Buddhist altar; the snake represents obsessive jealously that continues after death.

Illus. in: Hyaku monogatari / Katsushika Hokusai, Edo : Tsuruya Kiemon, 1830.

Title from exhibit website:

Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 16.

Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

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