In #JapaneseFolklore kitsune (fox) #yokai are accomplished shapeshifters and tricksters whose supernatural powers and tails increase with age. 🎨'Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a nine-tailed Fox' from the series 'Dance of Nine Changes' - Toyokawa Yoshikuni, 1825. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
In #JapaneseFolklore kitsune (fox) #yokai are accomplished shapeshifters and tricksters whose supernatural powers and tails increase with age. 🎨'Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a nine-tailed Fox' from the series 'Dance of Nine Changes' - Toyokawa Yoshikuni, 1825. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
'Snow at Miyajima' - Kawase Hasui, 1932. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
'Crow' - Yamamoto Shunkyo, ca. 1890-1900. #JapaneseArt
'Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi' - Kawase Hasui, 1957. This was Hasui's final work before his death later the same year. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga
'Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi' - Kawase Hasui, 1957. This was Hasui's final work before his death later the same year. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga
'Snow at Miyajima' - Kawase Hasui, 1932. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
'Autumn in Oirase' from 'A Collection of Scenic Views of Japan; Eastern Japan Edition' - Kawase Hasui, 1933. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga
'Autumn in Oirase' from 'A Collection of Scenic Views of Japan; Eastern Japan Edition' - Kawase Hasui, 1933. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga