Yosha Bunko
Yubin hochi shinbun
No. 566 [491] -- 1874-10-25
Wife nurses leper husband
By Taiso Yoshitoshi and
unsigned writer

Story in brief

Tomiyo, the wife of Toyoshima Tomozo, a farmer in Ogaki village in Kurokawa county in Miyagi prefecture, faithfully nurses her husband, a leper (raibyosha), having more faith in the gods and buddhas (shinbutsu) than in medicine. (WW)


Print information

Series: Yubin hochi shinbun
Number: 566b
Source: Hochi No. 491,
Date: 1875-4 (seal)
Publisher: Kinshodo
Drawer: Taiso Yoshitoshi
Carver: Horita
Writer: Unsigned
Size: Oban
Image: Yosha Bunko


Principal sources

Tsuchiya 2000