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Bewitching Foxes at the Mimeguri Shrine on the Sumida Embankment (Sumida-zutsumi Mimeguri yashiro nogitsune no yukai), from the series Famous Places and Humorous Images of Modern Life in Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika kyôga meisho)

(Japanese, 1839–1892)
1881 (Meiji 14), January 6
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal chûban; 17.6 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)
Credit LineJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession number2000.61.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.
Liu Bei, also called Xuande (Ryûbi ji Gentoku)
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