One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: The Cry of the Fox

NameWoodblock Print

Artist or maker Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

CultureJapanese

Date1886

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

Mediumpaper, ink

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 9 in. (36.83 x 22.86 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Else and Joseph Chapman

Object numberA.2001.21.13

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100 Aspects of the Moon

Descriptionfox dressed in human clothing; night sky; crescent moon
A fox's head appears on a man's body, and there is a large bulge in the gray robe where a fox tail would be hidden underneath. Large sickle moon above bushes. Fox wears blue robe, has blue rosary in hands.