Mirror With the Design of a Nine-Tailed Fox, Edo period (1615?1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono) ; ink and color on paper, 8 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (21. 7 x 18. 9 cm), Prints, Harukawa Goshichi (Japanese, 1776?1831), The kyōka ('mad poem') by Tsurunoya reads: Kumori naki I shōma no Kagami I kage susa wa I Dakki no shaku no I kyūbi saki kamo Referring to the legend of the manipulative and provoking Dafei, favorite concubine of King Zhou of the Shang dynasty, this poem asks: May not the tips of nine tails reflected in an unspotted mirror be the Nine-Tailed Fox? Surimono were privately commissioned prints for special occasions, such as New Year's