Yurei (horror) prints

Koheiji Kohada (or Kohada Koheiji)

Koheiji Kohada is a figure that appears in many different ukiyo-e artists’ prints. Koheiji Kohada was an actor that wasn’t so handsome and was normally cast in the role of a ghost. His wife Otsuka, was having an affair with one of her husband’s fellow actors, Sakuto Adachi. One day Sakuto asked Koheiji to go fishing. While they were out fishing, Sakuto pushed Koheiji out of the boat and held him under until he drowned. After that Sakuto returned to Otsuka and while they were in bed Koheiji returned from the dead to seek his revenge. In the print he is shown in all of his grisly horror pulling down the mosquito net around their bed preparing to extract his revenge on them. This is my version of a print that was originally made by Hokusai.