{"product_id":"a-ghostly-yurei-standing-aside-reeds-and-flame-circa-1800-1850-a-yurei-zu-painting-of-an-undead-spirit-with-blackened-teeth-likely-an-onryo","title":"A Ghostly Yurei Standing Aside Reeds and Flame, Circa 1800-1850. A Yurei-zu Painting of an Undead Spirit with Blackened Teeth, Likely an Onryo","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle: A Ghostly Yurei Standing Aside Reeds and Flame, Circa 1800-1850. A Yurei-zu Painting of an Undead Spirit with\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBlackened Teeth, Likely an Onryo\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA Late Edo Period, 19th century painting of a ghostly yurei, standing aside reeds and next to an open flame. The spirit is a tall, thin figure, with long unkempt hair, still in her burial kimono, and with ohaguro, also known as blackened teeth, something typically practiced by married women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eGiven the menacing and wizened appearance of the yurei, she is likely an onryo, the spirit of a person who died with a grudge or hatred and was feared by people as bringing disaster through possession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eYūrei-zu are a genre of Japanese art consisting of painted or woodblock print images of ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings. Paintings such as these reached their peak popularity by the mid to late 19th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe painting has been neatly mounted onto a brocade decorated \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), with \u003ci\u003ejikusaki\u003c\/i\u003e (one knob) made of wood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOne painting mounted on a \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), 183 x 48.5 cm full size, 115 x 35 cm main painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis painting is in very good shape, with only minor wear to the background of the painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51632030286135,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260106_175513.jpg?v=1769961074","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/a-ghostly-yurei-standing-aside-reeds-and-flame-circa-1800-1850-a-yurei-zu-painting-of-an-undead-spirit-with-blackened-teeth-likely-an-onryo","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}