- Provenance
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- Label
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After the publication of his popular series of prints based on the Chinese novel The Water Margin, Kuniyoshi began a series ambitiously titled Eight Hundred Heroes of a Japanese Water Margin, All Told. The series, which was not completed, features Japanese heroes. Here Kazusanosuke Hirotsune overcomes a supernatural nine-tailed fox. The fox was believed to be capable of transforming herself into beautiful women in order to seduce powerful men and lure them toward disaster. In this spectacular composition, the fox's fur, a tour de force of fine block engraving, fills the background.
- Published References
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- Ann Yonemura, et al. Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection. Seattle and Washington. cat. 77, pp. 202-3, 208-9.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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