# folklorethursday witches ghosts ukiyoe

In Japanese folklore witches are often the spirits of women seeking revenge after losing, or being betrayed by, those closest to them. They become trapped in the spirit world as haunting ghosts.

Image: 'Cat Witch of Okazaki', Utagawa Kunisada

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Kunisada
Gravepost (Sotoba), from the early 1820s series Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi

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Kunisada
Snow at Mimeguri, from the 1830s triptych series Four Seasons

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2018-02-27

4: Utagawa Kunisada, The Seventh Month, from the series The Five Festivals, 1830s, Victoria and Albert Museum, Lond…

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