Description the dreamy atmosphere of this woodblock poster print is sure to ignite a flame in your heart.
Kitsune woodblock print.
Kitsune 狐 キツネ ipa.
Suzuki harunobu japanese 1725 1770 period.
Young women playing kitsune ken fox game artist.
Ki tsɯꜜne in the literal sense is the japanese word for fox foxes are a common subject of japanese folklore.
Kitsune prints is a small home studio for mokuhanga prints a traditional japanese woodblock printing technique adopted since the edo period and well known for the ukiyo e art movement.
In english kitsune refers to them in this context.
Japanese folklore tells that kitsunebi ghostly foxes with the power to manifest balls of fire are the cause of mysterious balls of light seen deep within dark forests of japan.
11 1 4 x 8 5 8 in.
He then studied with suzuki nanrei 1775 1844 an artist of the shijō school.
He first studied with his father eiji a minor painter of the kanō school.
Phillips collection bequest of henry l.
Stories depict legendary foxes as intelligent beings and as possessing paranormal abilities that increase with their age and wisdom.
According to yōkai folklore all foxes have the ability to.
Kikukawa eizan 菊川 英山 1787 july 17 1867 was a designer of ukiyo e style japanese woodblock prints.
28 6 x 21 9 cm medium size print chu ban classification.
Edo period 1615 1868 date.
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