The Cry of the Fox
Artist: Tsukioka YoshitoshiWoodblock Print Name: The Cry of the Fox
Series Number: #13
Date: 01/1886
Description: The fox (kitsune) was a creature thought by the Japanese to possess magical qualities. If a fox lived to a sufficient age, it gained the wisdom and power to shape-shift into a human form. In a popular Noh play, Konkaki, a fox disguised as a priest pays a visit to a hunter. Here, the fox is beginning to lose his human shape on a moonlit night.
Series: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
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