Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 21597
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ôji (Ôji Shôzoku enoki Ômisoka no kitsunebi)
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1857
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / met
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2642 × 3791 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 紫藤メイ
- Rights / 権利
- CC0 1.0 only when Open Access-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
The Oji Inari Shintö Shrine is located in northern Tokyo. All of the Inari Shintö shrines are sacred places for the deity Ukanomitama, believed to bless farmers with abundant crops. Two stone fox figures are placed on either side of the shrine's main gate. Foxes are thought to be the messengers of Ukanomitama. A well-known legend about this shrine is that on New Year's Eve foxes put on formal costumes under a nettle tree and then gather at the shrine, where Ukanomitama offers them promotions in rank according to their yearly accomplishments. This print is Hiroshige's visualization of this legend, in which he evokes a serene and mystical mood. (from Good News from Hiroshige exhibition 10/9/2…
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