Andi BrooksSep 4, 2025
Yotsuya Kaidan pre-war postcard.
#Yotsuyakaidan #Oiwa #Yurei #Japanesehorror #四谷怪談 #怪談 #幽霊
Andi BrooksJun 12, 2025
Onoe Baiko VI (1870-1934) as Oiwa in Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan in 1909. He also played Otsuyu in the 1892 premiere of Strange Tales of the Peony Lantern at the Kabukiza.
#OnoeBaikoVI #六代目OnoueBaikoVI #Oiwa #PeonyLantern #Otsuyu #TokaidoYotsuyaKaidan #kabuki #onnagata #kabuki
EssAeEmDec 16, 2024

In the Japanese ghost story 'Yotsuya Kaidan,' Oiwa became an onryō (vengeful spirit) after her death and haunted her treacherous husband everywhere he went in various ways, perhaps the most striking of which was her disfigured face appearing in paper lanterns. #MythologyMonday

🎨: Katsushika Hokusai

#Folklore #GhostStory #Oiwa #YotsuyaKaidan #Ghost #Onryō #PaperLantern #Hokusai #Japan #JapaneseFolklore

Fabrizio MusacchioSep 15, 2023
A lantern catching fire and shows the face of #Oiwa, #Hokusai, from One Hundred Ghost Tales, ca. 1830s, #Japanese color #WoodblockPrint (#ukiyoe), seen in the #Museum of #EastAsian #Art #Cologne.
#JapaneseArt #Yokai
Andi BrooksNov 17, 2022

A nice poster for The Ghost of Yotsuya (Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan 東海道四谷怪談) (Shintōhō 1959).

#新東宝株式会社 #Shintōhō #TheGhostofYotsuya #TōkaidōYotsuyaKaidan #東海道四谷怪談 #TamiyaIemon #伊右衛門 #Oiwa #於岩 #JapaneseHorror #JapaneseGhost #Yūrei #幽霊#TsuruyaNanbokuIV #鶴屋南北