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Strange wind: Onoe Kikugorō V as the ghost of the fisherman Kansaku
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 335.11

PRINT NUMBER #11

怪風 鴉飼 勘作 尾上 菊五郎

Strange wind: Onoe Kikugorō V as the ghost of the fisherman Kansaku

12/1876

There are a number of instances of wordplay in this title:
First, the title wind name is a pun on 'kaifū', 'sea breeze' (海風).
Second, he is normally described as a cormorant fisher ('ukai', 鵜飼); the very similar character used in the title means 'crow' or 'raven'.
Print number
#11
Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Series
Barometer of Emotions

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