Fox with Staff (Hakuzosu). Artist: Eiraku Hozen (1795-1854). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 38 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (97.8 x 28.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 68 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (174 x 29.8 cm)Overall with knobs: 68 1/2 x 14 in. (174 x 35.6 cm). Date: after 1848.A Kyoto potter with close ties to the literati in his city and a similar taste for Chinese styles, Hozen was known for his highly colored wares and for his use of gold. A different side of his urbanity comes through in this rather personal painting, perhaps tempered by the business failures he experienced in his later years. A few economic brush strokes create the figure of a fox-priest, the protagonist in the comic kyogen play The Fox Trapper (Kirigitsune). The enigmatic poem cautions:Beware of those who have renounced the worldalthough they wear the robes of priestsat heart they are foxes still. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Fox with Staff (Hakuzosu). Artist: Eiraku Hozen (1795-1854). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 38 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (97.8 x 28.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 68 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (174 x 29.8 cm)Overall with knobs: 68 1/2 x 14 in. (174 x 35.6 cm). Date: after 1848.A Kyoto potter with close ties to the literati in his city and a similar taste for Chinese styles, Hozen was known for his highly colored wares and for his use of gold. A different side of his urbanity comes through in this rather personal painting, perhaps tempered by the business failures he experienced in his later years. A few economic brush strokes create the figure of a fox-priest, the protagonist in the comic kyogen play The Fox Trapper (Kirigitsune). The enigmatic poem cautions:Beware of those who have renounced the worldalthough they wear the robes of priestsat heart they are foxes still. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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