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English: Title: "Gekko's Essay - Blacksmith and Divine Fox". Blacksmith Munechika (end of the 10th century), helped by a fox spirit (left, surrounded by little foxes), forging the blade Ko-Gitsune Maru (“Little Fox”).
日本語: 尾形月耕筆『月耕随筆 稲荷山小鍛治』。刀匠・宗近が稲荷明神に相槌を打たせ、名刀「小狐丸」を作り上げるという謡曲「小鍛冶」を描く。
Français : Le forgeron Munechika (fin du Xe siècle), assisté d'un esprit renard, forge la lame ko-kitsune-maru ("petit renard"). Le kami est représenté par une femme entourée de renards.
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Source (1) Gallery Dutta, Geneva, inventory 2/1. (2) Ukiyo-e.org [1]
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Ogata Gekkō  (1859–1920)  wikidata:Q2574296
 
Ogata Gekkō
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Ogata Gekkō
Description Japanese ukiyo-e artist
Date of birth/death 10 October 1859 Edit this at Wikidata 1 October 1920 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Yazaemonchō Ushigome-ku
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