Foxes with dancing flames next to their heads, gathering near a large bare tree, between rice shells, at night; more foxes approaching on the dark plain in the background. Fox spirits were seen as protectors of the rice harvest and would gather around the nettle tree on new year's eve. Label line: mentioned on object hiroshige (i) , utagawa (1797 - 1858), 1857, color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks and dosa (aluminum powder)
collection: prints; japan (collection). Date: 1857. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: blad Height: 348 mm (13.70 in) blad Width: 230 mm (9.05 in). Medium: paper.
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