Tobacco Box, Ritsuô, 1663 - 1747
wood (plant material), h 9.7cm × w 8.8cm × d 5.1cm × l 23cm More details
Depicted on this portable tobacco box, is the ghost of the servant Okiku. She accidentally broke a set of costly plates for which her master imprisoned her. Okiku managed to escape and threw herself in a well, in which she drowned. Here her ghost rises up out of the well. The chrysanthemums (kiku) refer to her name.
