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1669, [Japan], The Tale of the Fox (1 of 2) -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: From medieval times through the early Edo period, popular folktales, usually with Buddhist didactic motives, were frequent subjects in both handscroll and book formats. This example, The Tale of the Fox, is about a Buddhist monk who is seduced by a beautiful woman, only to discover that she is actually a mischievous fox. That a monk, who had taken a vow of celibacy, could not resist temptation served as a humorous moral admonition to readers.
1669, [Japan], The Tale of the Fox (1 of 2) -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: From medieval times through the early Edo period, popular folktales, usually with Buddhist didactic motives, were frequent subjects in both handscroll and book formats. This example, The Tale of the Fox, is about a Buddhist monk who is seduced by a beautiful woman, only to discover that she is actually a mischievous fox. That a monk, who had taken a vow of celibacy, could not resist temptation served as a humorous moral admonition to readers.