1848, Utagawa Hirosada, Okawa Hachizō as Oiwa and Ichikawa Sukejirō as Takuetsu in the play Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)
From the museum label: In Ghost Story of Yotsuya on the Tokaido, a woman named Oiwa is given poison that horrifically disfigures her, causing one eye to swell. One of the most shocking scenes of the play is when Oiwa sets out to confront her wicked husband, lemon. She begins to brush her hair to make herself presentable, but it falls out in bloody clumps. The actor playing Oiwa hides a pouch full of blackish red sappanwood dye in a partial wig, squeezing it over the white paper of a standing screen to make the effect even more terrifying.
1848, Utagawa Hirosada, Okawa Hachizō as Oiwa and Ichikawa Sukejirō as Takuetsu in the play Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington)
From the museum label: In Ghost Story of Yotsuya on the Tokaido, a woman named Oiwa is given poison that horrifically disfigures her, causing one eye to swell. One of the most shocking scenes of the play is when Oiwa sets out to confront her wicked husband, lemon. She begins to brush her hair to make herself presentable, but it falls out in bloody clumps. The actor playing Oiwa hides a pouch full of blackish red sappanwood dye in a partial wig, squeezing it over the white paper of a standing screen to make the effect even more terrifying.