Dancing Fox with Lotus-Leaf Hat by Ohara Koson Art Print

Dancing Fox with Lotus-Leaf Hat by Ohara Koson Art PrintBack in 1910, this dancing fox belonged to another kind of home a Japanese interior of paper screens, low light and quiet wood. It carries that calm with it. The fox is poised on its hind legs, a lotus leaf tipped over one ear, half mischief and half ceremony. Hang it and the room slows down a notch. The aged off white ground reads as warm rather than blank, so painted walls and natural plaster both lift it nicely. The soft yellow of the coat gives

Vertical format

deep red skirt

The cream sky

and the white church tower gives the eye somewhere to land

or in a home office where you actually take coffee seriously

dark palm trees and that big stretch of blue Sicilian sea

it sharpens up beautifully behind acrylic glazing in a black or oak frame

The little sailboat

cream ceramics and warm wood

where you walk past it daily

one Italian moment per wall is plenty

or low bookcase