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Japan, Metsumi, Hamitei, Mitsumaru, Seigetsutei, Kitaru, Shômontei, Utayama, Ishikawa, Monkey reaches for the reflection of the moon, A monkey hangs with one arm from a branch of a pine tree and tries to grab the reflection of the moon. The image is depicted as if it were a standing room screen (tsuitate). Such a screen was usually placed directly behind the door of a house, to keep out evil spirits, because of the belief that they could only move in straight lines move. With three poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 195 mm, width 175 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1824, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, poet.

Japan, Metsumi, Hamitei, Mitsumaru, Seigetsutei, Kitaru, Shômontei, Utayama, Ishikawa, Monkey reaches for the reflection of the moon, A monkey hangs with one arm from a branch of a pine tree and tries to grab the reflection of the moon. The image is depicted as if it were a standing room screen (tsuitate). Such a screen was usually placed directly behind the door of a house, to keep out evil spirits, because of the belief that they could only move in straight lines move. With three poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 195 mm, width 175 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1824, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, poet.
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Caption: Japan, Metsumi, Hamitei, Mitsumaru, Seigetsutei, Kitaru, Shômontei, Utayama, Ishikawa, Monkey reaches for the reflection of the moon, A monkey hangs with one arm from a branch of a pine tree and tries to grab the reflection of the moon. The image is depicted as if it were a standing room screen (tsuitate). Such a screen was usually placed directly behind the door of a house, to keep out evil spirits, because of the belief that they could only move in straight lines move. With three poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 195 mm, width 175 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1824, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, poet
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Image size: 2995 × 3417 px | 29.3 MB
Print size: 25.4 × 28.9 cm | 1179.1 × 1345.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: (JAPAN) • 1824-1824 • ARM • BELIEF • BRANCH (TREE) • BRANCH • BRANCHES • COLLECTION • COLOUR WOODBLOCK • COLOUR WOODCUT • DEPICTED • DIRECTLY • DOOR • DOORWAY • EVIL SPIRITS • FAITH • FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY • GRAB • HAMITEI • HEIGHT 195 MM • HOUSE • HOUSES • IMAGE • ISHIKAWA • JAPAN • JAPAN. • JAPANESE • KEEP • KITARU • LUNA • METSUMI • MITSUMARU • MONKEY HANGS • MONKEY REACHES • MOON • MOVE • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PINE TREE • PLACED • POET • PORCH • PORTAL • PORTICO • PRENT • PRINT MAKER • PRINT • PRINTMAKER • PRINTS • RAMA • REFLECTION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • SCREEN • SEIGETSUTEI • SHÔMONTEI • STANDING ROOM SCREEN • STRAIGHT LINES MOVE • SURIMONO • THREE POEMS • TREE BRANCHES • TRIES • TSUITATE • USUALLY • UTAYAMA • WAS • WIDTH 175 MM