Sangoku yoko zue 三国妖狐図会 (The Magic Fox of Three Countries), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1849 and 1850

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. In japan, geno ikkatsu destroys the spirit of the fox by striking the stone that it's spirit inhabits. Date: between 1849 and 1850. Dimensions: height: 37.6 cm (14.8 in); width: 25.9 cm (10.1 in). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Sangoku yoko zue 三国妖狐図会 (The Magic Fox of Three Countries) (BM 2008,3037.07006)