Japan: Kamiya Iemon sees the ghost of his wife, Oiwa, in a paper lantern. Shunbaisai Hokuei (1798-1861), 1832

Shunbaisai Hokuei, also known as Shunkō III, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, and was active from about 1824 to 1837. He was a student of Shunkōsai Hokushū.

Hokuei’s prints most often portray the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II.

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