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Subject:Re: Need help Translate
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Nov 12, 2018
Inscription on the fringe,
之曰 迷油鼡却失欺人
之曰 身着淡丈未脱野狐身
Some says -The form of insipid man who deceives people
with miracle oil which was made of mouse fat still unable to change into wild fox*
Title,
つめ狐 - Fox in a tight corner
Signature,
月僊 - Gessen
Prpobably Tanke Genzui (art-name; Gessen) 1741-1809
Nagoya born Middle Edo period painter
*Allusion to a Zen Buddhist story of a monk who after denying that enlightened person falls into cause and effect, was turned into wild fox five hundred life times.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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