Kiyohime, Emerging from the Hidaka River, Turning into a Serpent

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Kiyohime, Emerging from the Hidaka River, Turning into a Serpent

Alternate Title: 清姫
Series: One Hundred Ghost Tales from China and Japan
Japan, 1865, 9th month
Prints; woodblocks
Color woodblock print
Image: 13 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (34.61 × 23.02 cm) Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/8 in. (38.42 × 26.35 cm)
Herbert R. Cole Collection (M.84.31.125)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama.  The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.