“Kitsunebi” (fox fires),by Miki Katoh. This paintingshows a Fox changing clothes in Oji Inari shrine
“Kitsunebi” (fox fires),by Miki Katoh. This paintingshows a Fox changing clothes in Oji Inari shrine on New Year’s Eve. Subject reminds me of this famous ukiyo-e by Hiroshige entitled “New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji”: Foxes gather at the large, old enoki (hackberry) tree on New Year’s Eve to prepare to pay homage at the Ōji Inari shrine, the headquarters of the Inari cult in eastern Japan. The cult centers on the god of the rice field, for whom the fox serves as messenger. On the way to Ōji, the foxes have set a number of fox fires, which farmers count to predict the upcoming rice harvest. -- source link
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