Hokusai's Ghosts

Katsushika Hokusai, Kohada Koheiji, from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari), c. 1831. Art Institute of Chicago

Katsushika Hokusai, The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari), 1831/32. Art Institute of Chicago

Katsushika Hokusai, Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari), 1831/32. Art Institute of Chicago

Katsushika Hokusai, TThe Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari), 1831–32. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Katsushika Hokusai, One Hundred Ghost Stories in a Haunted House, about 1790. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston