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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I; Uoya Eikichi (publisher)
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858)
Title:Ōji Shōzoku enoki Ōmisoka no kitsunebi [New Year's Eve foxfires at the Changing tree, Ōji], from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei [One hundred famous views of Edo]
Date Made:ca. 1857
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.6 cm; Sheet: 13 3/8 in x 8 13/16 in; 34 cm x 22.4 cm; Image: 13 1/16 in x 8 9/16 in; 33.2 cm x 21.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Japanese character, [ill.] Edo [ill.] hakkei]; TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Japanese character, Oji Shozoku enoki Omisoka no kitsunebi]; SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l.: [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]
Accession Number:  MH 1965.164.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Austin (Janet Evans, class of 1925)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This is no. 118 (winter section) on the title page for the One hundred famous views of Edo series. A vertical winter scene with a group of reddish/pink foxes gathering under two trees in the foreground; each fox has a fire besides the head; more foxes in the middle ground and a village in the background, sitting beneath a dark hill; many bright stars in the sky.

Label Text:
The iron tree near the Oji Inari-gongen shrine was said to be the meeting place of foxes or vixens, mythological beasts that turned themselves into noble ladies at the New Year, causing numerous problems for humans.

(2004)

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