Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara
- Date:
- 1890
- Medium:
- Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
This extraordinary 1890 ōban [triptych](/glossary/triptych) depicts the celebrated actor Onoe Kikugorō V in the role of the Hag of Asajigahara, one of kabuki's most terrifying figures—an old woman who murdered travelers to obtain their livers for a medicine to cure her ailing daughter, unaware her daughter had already died. Yoshitoshi captures the actor at the moment of supernatural revelation, his transformation into a demonic figure rendered with unsettling conviction. The artist was among the most committed theatrical print artists of the Meiji period, documenting the great actors of the age.
1888
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Color woodblock print
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
1955
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1890.
Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara depicts kabuki.