Fox Spirit in the Guise of a Traveling Monk (Hakuzosu), Meiji (1868–1912)–Taishō (1912–26) period, 19th–20th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, 20 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (51.4 x 33.7 cm), Paintings, Tomioka Tessai (Japanese, 1836–1924), The vulpine figure dressed as a traveling monk, gazing intently at a nearby trap, is the protagonist of the popular kyōgen play Tsurigitsune (Fox Hunter). In this comic morality tale, an old fox disguises itself as the monk Hakuzōsu, whose fox-trapper nephew has succeeded in ensnaring most of the fox clan
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