| Title | "Hanai Oume Killing Kamekichi" ("Hanai Oume") |
| Series | "Lives of Modern People" ("Kinsei Jimbutsu Shi") |
| Date | August 20, 1887 |
| Publisher | Yamamoto Shinbun (Tokyo) |
| Carver | na |
| Image Size | 8 3/4 x 13 |
| Impression | Excellent. Vertically burnished streaks of falling rain; nice "bokashi" shading to cartouche, arms, and kimono; burnishing to black obi, geta, and lantern; very crisp, highly detailed carving of detailing; against jet-black background. |
| Condition | Very good. Excellent colors. Minor marks and flaws (binding holes at right margin; "thin" area edge (wide) left margin; minor wrinkle upper and lower right corners). Full original margins, unbacked. |
| Reference/Illus | "The Bizzarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi," pl 39a/39b, pg 76-77; "The Splendid Decadent" pl 23, pg 50/132. |
| Comments | Exquisite. Geisha Oume is shown committing the murder of Kamekichi, whose advances she had refused for some time. This print is the 11th in a series of only 20 prints that Yoshitoshi designed as a suppliment ot the Yamato Newspaper. |
| Item # | CG-760 |
| Price | $650 (Sold/GG) |