The play
This series of 33 sketches was made by Ôta Masamitsu in 1950’s, but I do not know what is the media. Woodblock prints? Hand-colored sketches? Watercolors? Probably watercolors based on photographs. Some of these have been re-used for the woodblock print series described in the website.
The story
Translation of the title is difficult. Meido no miyage “Souvenirs for the netherworld” is normally used for something one desires or something one has to accomplish before dying. Here these are the sketches which we want to keep in mind for the last voyage, so my translation tries to convey this message.
