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The Warrior Miura-no-suke Confronting the Court Lady Tamamo-no-mae as She Turns into an Evil Fox with Nine Tails

Yashima Gakutei · late 1820s

Palette

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Artist

Yashima Gakutei
Japanese, 1786?–1868

Date

late 1820s

Type

Print

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Size

8 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. (21.1 x 18.7 cm)

Place

Japan

Period

Edo period · 19th century

Main colour

Grey · lightness 52, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Museum record. Public domain. United States: The Met marks it public domain (isPublicDomain = True). Europe: Artist died 1868: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1939. Last checked 2026-10-31 (isPublicDomain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules