Umegae (Plum Branch)
Totoya Hokkei
1832
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (20.6 x 18.7 cm) (image, sheet)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
The woman (shite) standing is the inn owner turned out be the ghost of the wife of the Noh musician Fuji. The man (waki) is a traveling monk who calmed the ghost down. Umegae is the title of the song sung by the ghost at the ending.
