Title : Ghost and Fisher Girl - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe

Artist : Toyohara Chikanobu

Date : 1886.

Details : Toyohara Chikanobu: Ghost and Fisher Girl - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of the Day and the Night)Ghosts of Taira no Tomomori and his men give a treasure sword to a fisher girl. The Heike perished in Dan-no-ura Bay. Ever since, the sad faces of Heike soldiers are believed to appear on the back shells of the sea crabs around the area.

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