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Scene of Foxfire (Kitsunebi) from the Play Honchō nijūshikō

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A triptych print depicting a scene from a play. A woman in a colorful kimono with red, blue, green, and gold designs stands center, wearing a headdress with white feathers and red decorations, her kimono flowing. She faces left, her head turned right. A man in a dark kimono with a sword stands left, facing right. A man in a striped kimono with a sword stands right, facing left. The background shows a gradient from dark gray at the top to beige at the bottom, with streaks of light, possibly fire, hanging down. Buildings and a tree are visible. Japanese characters appear on a vertical rectangle right of center and on the bottom right.

Artwork details

Date:
1898
Medium:
Triptych of woodblock prints; color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
598 × 318 px
Museum record:
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