A Monkey Carrying a Heavy Temple Bell and a Paper Lantern on Either Side of his Burden Pole
Titles
- Ötsu-e
Artist
Anonymous
Datelate 18th or early 19th century
GeographyJapan
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions13 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (33.3 × 23.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of John Wyatt Gregg Allerton, 1955 (2037.1)
Object number2037.1
DescriptionOtsu-e painting.---------------------------------
A Monkey is shown carrying a heavy bronze temple bell and a paper lantern, one on either end of his burden pole. The lantern out-weighs the bell suggesting the topsy-turvy way of the world and the false values set on things by mankind.
Painted in black on paper; touches of red on monkey's face, lines of calligraphy.
CAM 12/19/13---------------------------------------------------------------
On View
Not on viewCollections
Katsushika Hokusai / Katsukawa Shunrō / Katsushika Taito / Kakō
1838-1849
Unknown
late 19th - early 20th century
