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Jess
Unregistered User
(4/20/04 11:12 pm)
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Does anyone know "The White Fox" by Okakura Kakuzo
I just ran across this reference and am unfamiliar with it either as a fairy tale or as a musical production (c. 1900). Is anyone on the board familiar with it?
Jess
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Richard
Parks
Registered User
(4/21/04 7:54 am)
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Re: Does anyone know "The White Fox" by Okakura Ka
I wasn't familiar with it before your mention, but this site has the text. It's decribed as: THE WHITE FOX: A Fairy Drama in Three Acts Written for Music by Okakura-Kakuzo Boston February, 1913
Here's the url:
www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~azm/tensin/
It's supposedly based on the Japanese legend of the fox-woman Kuzunoha. Here's an url to the story:
www.sinister-designs.com/...hosts.html
Kuzunoha was a popular subject for Japanese artists.
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Edited by: Richard Parks at: 4/21/04 8:03 am
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Jess
Unregistered User
(4/21/04 10:04 pm)
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Thanks, Richard
Okakura was, among other things, the curator of the Boston Museum's Oriental collection during the last decade or so of the 19th C. I was very curious to know about his musical when I saw it referenced as a "fairy theme". Thank you for the reference.
Jess
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Richard
Parks
Registered User
(4/22/04 6:18 am)
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Re: Thanks, Richard
I should thank _you_. An hour after I read the details of the original legend I was knee deep in a new story.
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Jess
Unregistered User
(4/22/04 8:31 am)
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You are welcome
Richard,
I am delighted that you found inspiration from my little query! Keep us posted on your story.
Jess
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