Title: Tale of the Fox (Kitsune no sōshi)
Object type: Handscroll
Date: 1669
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Unidentified painter and calligrapher 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll: ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 1/8 in. × 26 ft. 7 5/16 in. (20.6 × 811 cm)
Overall with mounting: 8 1/8 in. × 28 ft. 2 9/16 in. (20.6 × 860 cm)
Overall with knobs: 8 3/4 in. × 28 ft. 2 9/16 in. (22.2 × 860 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY