1933.4.1716: The Monkey King Sun Wukong (Jp. Songokū)
PrintsThe monkey steps forward in three-quarter view, bent slightly at the waist, holding a long pole behind his back with left arm, while his right arm is upraised. From his open palm a release of golden solider-like monkeys with spears in various poses float toward the upper left. His eyes look toward them with open mouth. The foreground is light green, with water flowers floating as it meets the dark background with calligraphy written in vertical lines from upper right to lower left.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1716
- People
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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
- Title
- The Monkey King Sun Wukong (Jp. Songokū)
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- surimono, print
- Date
- 1824
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/207906
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- Shikishiban: H. 20.6 cm x W. 18.7 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Gakutei
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1716
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 032 / p. 65
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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