Title : No. 27 Ashida 芦田 / Kisokaido rokujoku tsugi no uchi 木曾街道六十九次之内 (Sixty-Nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1852 (8th month)

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ashida Station. The sorceress Nyogetsuni (later to become Takiyasha) walking through the snow performing a magic ritual, an attendant carrying a severed head attached to a branch behind her (Inset: village among mountains).

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