Ghost
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 44 × 12 1/4 in. (111.76 × 31.12 cm) (image) 77 3/8 × 19 1/4 × 1 in. (196.53 × 48.9 × 2.54 cm) (mount, with roller)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
Yoshitoshi was one of the last masters of ukiyo-e in the Meiji period. A pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), he also studied with Kikuchi Yōsai (1788–1878), a master of historical painting. Yoshitoshi merged the ukiyo-e style with Western realism to produce a new form of print for the modern audience. His historical and heroic prints were often bizarre and ghoulish. Here, only the eyes of the ghost shine ominously in pale blue.
