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Ohara Koson (Shoson) Monkey Reaching For Reflection of the Moon c.1910
The White Monkey by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Edo period 1834
Usui Matagorô killing the giant white monkey in the mountains of Hida
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Feet of Buddha Statue, Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka, 2000
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Songoku, the Monkey King and the Jeweled Hare by the Moon
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon was one of Yoshitoshi’s most successful series, printed over a period of seven years with new designs released every few months to an eager public. The subjects drew on Chinese and Japanese folklore, history, and literature and often included elements of the supernatural, an obsession of Yoshitoshi’s later in life. This print refers to a Chinese story of an immortal monkey king, shown dancing with a jeweled hare that, according to legend, lives on the moon.
- Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892
- Medium: Woodblock color print
- Dates: October 10, 1891
- Period: Meiji Period
- Brooklyn Museum
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Illustrations from Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing, by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī, originally published in 1283
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