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File:Blacksmith Munechika, helped by a fox spirit, forging the blade Ko-Gitsune Maru, by Ogata Gekkō.jpg

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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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current18:00, 28 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:00, 28 January 20201,573 × 2,227 (693 KB)Artanisen (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 12:21, 22 August 2005 (UTC). Reverting to previous version as of 12:21, 22 August 2005. Because that version has more details and is better quality although the lighting is unusual from an angle.
17:52, 28 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 17:52, 28 January 2020921 × 1,400 (391 KB)Artanisen (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version of the same artwork.
01:21, 14 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 01:21, 14 September 20111,573 × 2,227 (693 KB)Pbech (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 12:21, 22 August 2005: Borders are part of the work here, parts of the drawing had been removed by this cropping.
12:36, 19 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 12:36, 19 February 20111,422 × 2,073 (1.71 MB)Spookan (talk | contribs)Removed the borders.
12:21, 22 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:21, 22 August 20051,573 × 2,227 (693 KB)Rama (talk | contribs){{francais}} 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. Estampe de Ogata Gekko (1859-1920), 1873. Galerie D

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