Description
Scroll painting of a female ghost appearing out of the mist near a waterfall. Painted after the famous image by Maruyama Okyo, the ghost of Oyuki, a lovely woman who died young. Her hair hangs loose over her face and shoulders. She hovers near the roaring water with one hand tucked into her kimono. Oyuki is a subject in Nihok Sandai Kaidan (Japan’s “Three Great Ghost Stories”). By the artist Kawata Kenden who is listed in the 1937 Kaitei Kokon Shoga Meika Ichiran hyo (list of great artists from past and present).
Painting in ink and light colors on silk.
Dimensions: Total size: 82 1/2″ high x 13 1/2″ wide (15 1/2″ wide including rollers). Size of art: 49″ high x 13″ wide
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