Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Yonakishii 1841

This 1841 woodblock print by Hasegawa Sadanobu, titled *Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Yonakishii*, depicts the famous kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō III dressed as the ghost of a courtesan. The actor is standing in a flowing blue and white robe against a black background with ghostly wisps of smoke emerging from his clothes and the ground beneath him. The design is an example of *ukiyo-e* (pictures of the floating world) prints, which were popular in Japan from the 17th to 19th centuries. The print is now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.