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19th-century ghost scrolls from Japan
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margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/19th-century-ghost-scrolls/"><P align="center"><IMG alt="Ghost scroll at Zenshoan temple -- " src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/ghostscroll9_small.jpg" /> <IMG alt="Ghost scroll at Zenshoan temple -- " src="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/ghostscroll11_small.jpg" /><BR />Ghost with a Severed Head [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/ghostscroll9.jpg">+</A>] // Ghost [<A href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/ghostscroll11.jpg">+</A>]</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/19th-century-ghost-scrolls/"><P>Kawakami Togai’s “Ghost with a Severed Head” shows a female apparition lovingly cradling a man’s decapitated head. 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