# Onoe Shōroku I as the Ghost of the Shirabyōshi Hanako Standing over Osagawa Shichizō II as Tsumagi, Maid Servant to Sakurahime, in Uruō-ōgi Sumizome no Sakura

- By: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
- Date: c. 1810
- Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 36.4 × 24.7 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87457)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/23069388-275b-182b-2359-4d483913fc2e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The actor Onoe Shōroku I (1744–1815; also known as Onoe Matsusuke I) was known for playing supernatural roles, which often required quick changes of costume to transform from a beauty into a demon or ghost. This print documenting a performance at the Ichimura-za Theater in Edo (now Tokyo) tries to mimic the special effects of the Kabuki stage by including a flap of paper that hides the ghost the young woman transforms into.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0