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The Monkey Songokū From Travels To The West.

The Monkey Songokū From Travels To The West.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-15-2009

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• cloud
• color
• japanese
• japan
• monkey
• west
• woodcut
• edo
• warrior
• samurai
• travels
• kubo
• shunman

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TITLE:  Son gokūTITLE TRANSLATION:  The monkey Songokū from travels to the west. CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 115 (A size) [P&P]Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-00118 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows a monkey on a cloud dressed as a samurai warrior. MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 21 x 13.7 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1812. CREATOR: Kubo, Shunman, 1757-1820, artist. NOTES: Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Yatsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Year of the Monkey. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Monkeys--Japan--1810-1820. Samurai--Japan--1810-1820. FORMAT: Ukiyo-e Japanese 1810-1820.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1810-1820. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 00118 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00118 CONTROL #:  2009615110