Fox Fires

[whitetail]

Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree (1857), No. 118 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo“It was believed that on New Year’s Eve all the foxes of the surrounding provinces would gather at a particular tree near Oji Inari Shrine, the headquarters of the regional cult of the god Inari. There the foxes would change their

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[growly]

One of my favorite artists of all time. :) He really was the master of composition. This one isn't one of the greatest examples of his composition skills but the subject matter makes it one of my favorite woodblocks from the book (if not my favorite). <3

[whitetail]

You might enjoy the tumblog I found this on:

http://artistsanimals.tumblr.com/

Quite a bit of what could be termed furry art there, but in styles that are totally unlike those of most fandom artists. Definitely worth perusing!

[growly]

Ah, good find! I added it to my watch list. :D

[mondhasen]

That is definitely a great find! This is the 'furry' that caused me to look inside myself.

yip yap YERF!

[mejeep]

For a while I was on a binge buying Japanese stuff: Bunraku books and some kitsune/fox art. Sadly, some nice art was just single pages cut out of a book :-(