Drawing 21,  19.3 X 27.4cm.

Buddhist ceremony with a parade of ghosts, by Hokusai.

Published in Bei bei kyôdan, vol. 5B, plate 23B – 24A, in 1815.

 Changes from drawing to print:

• In the bottom left-hand corner, the text has been reduced in size.
• Right-hand page, the audience in the top right corner has been moved slightly higher. The second cartouche from the right in the bottom right-hand corner has changed position and the first hiragana has been changed.
• The drawing stops on the left at the back of the monk’s clothing, but it would seem that this is due to accidental damage. The print has been widened by several millimetres, and a cartouche has also been added.

Artist's shorthand:

• The left-hand bouquet of flowers.
• The lines of the edges of the tatami in the background which have been shown on the left-hand page have been continued to the right.
• The lower half of the second ghost from the left.
   

The “Edo-Tôkyô Museum, Katsushika Hokusai Ten” , 1995, pp. 85-85, catalogues three separate editions of this book, and for each of these editions reproduces the print from this drawing. Only the first edition has the child furthest to the right. In the second edition, the child has been replaced by a cartouche, while in the third, the cartouche has been removed, without restoring the child. It is worth noticing that in the drawing, the child has a respectful and attentive attitude which fits well with the ceremony, while in the print, he has more of a dazed expression which is uncommon in Japanese art and not in keeping with the ceremony. It is probably for this reason that he has been replaced by the cartouche in the second edition rather than moving the cartouche slightly lower to the edge of the platform.