Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Unuma station. The farmer yoemon murdering his deformed wife kasane with a sickle under a willow tree on the river bank, her spirit rising and taking shape above him. A figure watches from a bridge in the distance (inset: rocky landscape with waterfall and distant mountain). Date: 1852 (7th month). Dimensions: Height: 36.10 centimetres Width: 24.30 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. No. 53 Unuma 鵜沼 (BM 2008,3037.14753)
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