Butso Slaying the Evil Fox
Butso Slaying the Evil Fox

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Butso Slaying the Evil Fox

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1760–1849; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1945-98 a-b

Information

Title
Butso Slaying the Evil Fox
Maker
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Medium
Diptych; watercolor
Dimensions
image (a): 28.6 x 41.5 cm. (11 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.) image (b): 29.1 x 41.4 cm. (11 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.) sheet: 41.5 x 57.8 cm. (16 5/16 x 22 3/4 in.) mat: 55.8 x 71 cm. (21 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1945-98 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
drawings, watercolors
Subject
figures (representations), foxes, mythology, men, butterflies

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