Mirror With the Design of a Nine-Tailed Fox, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (21.7 x 18.9 cm), Prints, Harukawa Goshichi (Japanese, 1776–1831), The kyōka ('mad poem') by Tsurunoya reads: Kumori naki I shōma no Kagami I kage susa wa I Dakki no shaku no I kyūbi saki kamo Referring to the legend of the manipulative and provoking Dafei, favorite concubine of King Zhou of the Shang dynasty, this poem asks: May not the tips of nine tails reflected in an unspotted mirror be the Nine-Tailed Fox? Surimono were privately commissioned prints for special occasions, such as New Year's
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Mirror, Design, Nine-Tailed Fox, Edo period, 1615–1868, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, surimono, ink, color, paper, 8 9/16 x 7 7/16, 21.7 18.9 cm, Prints, Harukawa Goshichi, Japanese, 1776–1831, kyōka, mad poem, Tsurunoya reads, Kumori naki, I, shōma, no, Kagami, kage susa, wa, Dakki, shaku, I kyūbi, saki, kamo, Referring, legend, manipulative, provoking Dafei, favorite concubine, King Zhou, Shang dynasty, poem asks, tips, nine tails, reflected, unspotted mirror, Fox?, Surimono, privately commissioned, prints, special occasions, New Year'
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