Catalog record · 目録番号 85739

Lonely House - Gekko Zuihitsu

Artist / 作者: Ogata Gekkō尾形月耕
Date / 年代: 1896
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 598 × 849 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

Catalog note / 解説

"Gekko Zuihitsu" (Gekko's Essay) The legend said that an old woman served a lord who had a strange disease. The only cure was the blood of children born in a certain month. The woman roamed the country side killing children to obtain blood for her lord. When he had recovered, she confessed how she obtained the cure and was pardoned.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1896. · artelino

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