Katsushika Hokusai, The Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari), about 1831–32

A woodblock print of a burning lantern decorated to look like a human face with its mouth open in pain.

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection.