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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:1857
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 48.9 cm x 36.2 cm; Mount: 14 1/8 in x 9 3/8 in; 35.9 cm x 23.8 cm; Sheet/Image: 12 13/16 in x 8 7/16 in; 32.5 cm x 21.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Meisho Edo hyakkei, Japanese character]; TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Ōji Shōzoku enoki Ōmisoka no kitsunebi, Japanese character]; SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l.: [Hiroshige ga, Japanese character]
Accession Number:  MH 1973.269.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
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.

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