Ghost

A gaunt, hunched figure faces left in profile against a bare, warm ochre ground, wild dark hair springing out around a pale, sunken face with hollow eyes and cheekbones. The emaciated body, rendered in thin ink outlines with pale wash shading over the ribs and limbs, trails off into loosely brushed, ungrounded drapery at the lower legs, with two hands raised limply near the waist. A red seal and inscription appear at the lower right; this ink and color on paper work, titled "Ghost," was made by Kawakami Tōgai in 1881.