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[The plate mansion]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a maid named Okiku who was bound and thrown down a well by her master after breaking a precious Korean plate; prints depicts a ghost emerging from a well.
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. 158.
Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
Tags
Date
01/01/1830
Contributors
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist.
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
