Meiji Period Scroll Painting of Foxes
Offered by: MJH Design Arts
480 South Fairs Oaks Ave. Pasadena, CA 91105 , United States Call Seller 714.401.0556

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Meiji Period Scroll Painting of Foxes


Offered by: MJH Design Arts

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    This is a wonderful example of a Meiji Period screen painting of foxes in a landscape. The Inari Fox is considered to be sacred in Japanese culture where the foxes is not only cunning and highly intelligent, but also protective. This scroll is beautifully executed and well-framed and in very good condition, although it has not been examined out of the frame.

    **Inari ?kami is the Japanese kami of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto. In earlier Japan, Inari was also the patron of swordsmiths and merchants.
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MJH DESIGN ARTS expresses the broad decorative arts aesthetic of its principal, Mary Tindukasiri. Mary, having lived the majority of her life overseas--Mexico, Spain and Asia plus The East Coast and The South--brings these cultural influences to her carefully selected offerings. MJH DESIGN ARTS aims to offer objects incorporating great design, history, construction and life. Our aesthetic is constantly evolving and stretches from late 17th century furniture to 21st century lighting.

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