Another famous Japanese ghost story #kaidan tells of a samurai who fell in love with the ghost of the beautiful courtesan #Otsuyu in the #legend of the #PeonyLantern or #BotanDoro. At least 9 movie versions exist, the first from 1910 and includes this one from 1968 #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday

Onoe Baiko VI (1870-1934) as Oiwa in Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan in 1909. He also played Otsuyu in the 1892 premiere of Strange Tales of the Peony Lantern at the Kabukiza.
#OnoeBaikoVI #六代目OnoueBaikoVI #Oiwa #PeonyLantern #Otsuyu #TokaidoYotsuyaKaidan #kabuki #onnagata #kabuki

Zero - I'll take care of your brats myself.
Sesshomaru - The one in red is not mine.
#Sesshomaru #FullDemon #Setsuna #Towa #Riku #Ritowa #HalfDemon #Moroha #QuarterDemon #DoubleEdgedSword #DoubleEdgedMoroha #Beniyasha #SpiritualPowers #Zero #Otsuyu