Ghost Rising from a Swamp ☳ Kunisada ☱ Canvas horses The tower of Chelsea Old

The tower of Chelsea Old Church is visible on the right

Suspecting that some viewers did not understand the painting

a popular southern French dance

though shadows of the coach and horses indicate bright moonlight aiding the travelers on their treacherous journey

Ghost Rising from a Swamp ☳ Kunisada ☱ Canvas horses The tower of Chelsea OldOnoe Baiko as a Female Ghost Rising from a Swamp (1838) by Utagawa Kunisada depicts the kabuki actor Onoe Baiko, renowned for his skill at portraying ghosts. The character may be the ghost of the wife of Kohada Koheiji in the play Eiri otogi zoshi. Koheiji was murdered in a swamp by his wife's lover, returning in death to kill his wife and murderer. The female ghost here is clutching a baby, and rises from the swamp in the rain, next to a spectral