Tsukioka Yoshitoshi创作的日本版画《The Ghost of Okiku》
标题：The Ghost of Okiku
日期：August 1890
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来源：Worcester Art Museum
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Sarayashiki means “Plate Mansion” and refers to a well-known ghost story. A young servant girl, Okiku, is falsely accused of breaking one of her lord’s dishes, a precious piece from a set of ten imported Dutch plates. As punishment, she is thrown to her death into the garden well. As a ghost she rises each night to count the number of dishes, releasing a blood-curdling scream after she reaches number nine. Ghost stories were traditionally told in summer––the chill of fear they provoked providing welcome relief in the humid evenings.
