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Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd, 1912, Tomioka Tessai, Japanese, 1836 - 1924, 14 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (36.2 × 6.03 cm), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 20th century, The poem reads: Lately there are many more men who have a monkey's guile to stick a catfish into a gourd. It is a reference to the determination and effort it takes to achieve the impossiblelike fitting a huge fish into a tiny gourd bottle.
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Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd, 1912, Tomioka Tessai, Japanese, 1836 - 1924, 14 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (36.2 × 6.03 cm), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 20th century, The poem reads: Lately there are many more men who have a monkey's guile to stick a catfish into a gourd. It is a reference to the determination and effort it takes to achieve the impossiblelike fitting a huge fish into a tiny gourd bottle.
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1536 x 8091 px | 35.6 MB
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13.0 x 68.5 cm | 5.1 x 27.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
(JAPAN) • 1836-1924 • 1912 • 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • ACHIEVE • CATCH • CATFISH • COLOR • COLOUR • DÉTERMINATION • EFFORT • FLUSH • GOURD • HUGE FISH • IMPOSSIBLE FITTING • INK • JAPAN • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • LATELY • MALES • MAN MEN • MEN • MONKEY TRYING • MONKEY'S GUILE • POEM READS • RÉFÉRENCE • SILK • STICK • TAKES • TEXTILES: SILK • TINY GOURD BOTTLE • TOMIOKA TESSAI • TWENTIETH CENTURY
