Kanawa (The Iron Crown)

An Edo period image from a Noh play whose plot is similar to "The Cauldron of Kibutsu." A woman who has been abandoned by her husband for a new wife, performs black magic to transform herself into a demon so that she can get revenge upon him. Whereas in "Cauldron" the man dies, in the Noh play the man is saved by the intervention of a Buddhist priest. The woman has placed an "iron crown" with three burning candles on her head as part of the black magic she performs to become a demon. Here she looks down into the water to see her true self, transformed into a demon. The detail gives a clearer view of the woman's reflection.