Choju Giga ( Frolicking Animals ), handscroll, ink on paper from the 12th century. The depiction of animals acting in human roles was probably intended as a form of protest against the permissive court society and a mockery of Buddhist ritual (kozan-ji, Kyoto)

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Caption: Choju Giga ( Frolicking Animals ), handscroll, ink on paper from the 12th century. The depiction of animals acting in human roles was probably intended as a form of protest against the permissive court society and a mockery of Buddhist ritual (kozan-ji, Kyoto)

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Image size: 7806 × 3280 px | 73.3 MB

Print size: 66.1 × 27.8 cm | 3073.2 × 1291.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CARTOON • DRAWING • IN THE SHADOW OF FUJISAN • JAPAN • JAPANESE