Nissaka

Artist

Tamenobu Fujikawa (Japanese, active circa 1910-1920)

Date

1918

Medium

Woodblock print

Dimensions

Sheet : 9 9/16 x 14 in. (24.29 x 35.56 cm)

Credit Line

Hope College Collection

Object Number

2014.13.27

Label

While staying at an inn in Nissaka, Yaji and Kita meet a female clairvoyant who offers to contact the spirit of Yaji’s deceased wife for a fee. Purporting to speak on behalf of the wife’s spirit, the clairvoyant berates Yaji for being a bad husband and for not making proper offerings to the wife’s spirit after her death. Feeling embarrassed and remorseful, Yaji asks his wife’s spirit what he can do to make amends and is told he should pay the clairvoyant a large fee.