Nine-tailed Fox (Kyûbi no kitsune), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu)

「月耕随筆　九尾狐」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Takekawa Risaburô (Chikusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1893 (Meiji 26)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.977

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)