April 23, 2024
ANTIQUE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT Fox Fires at Oji 1860
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ANTIQUE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT Fox Fires at Oji 1860 Description HIROKAGE, Utagawa (active late 1850s-late1860s) (Fox Fires at Oji) Oji Kitsune-bi Series: (Animals at Play on Edo Roads) Edo Meisho-do giga Signature:Hiroshige ga Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke Date: ca.1860 This series appears to be rare. The "fox-fires" are generated by foxes at night when they assemble under the E trees (Celtio sinensis) on the last night of the year. This phosphorescent light is supposed to come from the heart of the animal, w its magic powers lie in the form of a small flaming jewel which is sometimes transferred to its head in pictures and carvings. Hirokage, designer of a number of comic prints, often combined elements from different Hiroshige prints with his own extra comic touches. , the foxes at Oji have tricked a farmer into thinking he is a nobleman being carried in a procession. The trees and temple are taken from an early Hiroshige landscape of Oji; the vertical format and the foxes themselves reference Hiroshige's famous Fox Fires. HIROKAGE, Utagawa (active late 1850s-late1860s) (Fox Fires at Oji) Oji Kitsune-bi Series: (Animals at Play on Edo Roads) Edo Meisho-do giga Signature:Hiroshige ga Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke Date: ca.1860 This series appears to be rare. The "fox-fires" are generated by foxes at night when they assemble
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