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Bewitching Foxes at the Mimeguri Shrine on the Sumida Embankment (Sumida-zutsumi Mimeguri yashiro nogitsune no yukai), from the series Famous Places and Humorous Images of Modern Life in Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika kyôga meisho)


「東京開化狂画名所 墨堤三圍社野狐の愉快」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), January 6

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 17.6 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.61.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Other prints in the series: Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), pp. 191-2
DescriptionMounted in album 2000.61.1-21
Signed Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.