Mirror With the Design of a Nine-Tailed Fox Harukawa Goshichi Japanese Edo period (1615–1868) The kyōka ("mad poem") by Tsurunoya reads:Kumori naki I shōma no Kagami I kage susa wa I Dakki no shaku no I kyūbi saki kamoReferring to the legend of the manipulative and provoking Dafei, favorite concubine of King Zhou of the Shang dynasty, this poem asks: May not the tips of nine tails reflected in an unspotted mirror be the Nine-Tailed Fox?Surimono were privately commissioned prints for special occasions, such as New Year's. Both an unstained mirror and this magical animal are auspicious New Year'
Mirror With the Design of a Nine-Tailed Fox Harukawa Goshichi Japanese Edo period (1615–1868) The kyōka ("mad poem") by Tsurunoya reads:Kumori naki I shōma no Kagami I kage susa wa I Dakki no shaku no I kyūbi saki kamoReferring to the legend of the manipulative and provoking Dafei, favorite concubine of King Zhou of the Shang dynasty, this poem asks: May not the tips of nine tails reflected in an unspotted mirror be the Nine-Tailed Fox?Surimono were privately commissioned prints for special occasions, such as New Year's. Both an unstained mirror and this magical animal are auspicious New Year's omens.
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