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Monkey scroll (   ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist | Unknown artist | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Monkey scroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | One of the earliest surviving images of the formal serving of tea. It was made to celebrate the birth of a grandson to the chief priest of the Hiyoshi shrine at Mount Hiei, near Kyoto. Here monkeys, who were sacred to the shrine, imitate humans in a poetry competition that lasts all night. The monkeys try to stay awake by drinking strong green tea, but some have fallen asleep. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | between 1550 and 1570 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | handscroll; ink and colour on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number | JA 1902.6-6.01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | Bequethed by A. W. Franks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Own work, Photo by Szilas in the British Museum, 2010-08-03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 15:28, 3 March 2023 | | 3,846 × 1,197 (5.67 MB) | Szilas | {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Ishikawa Toyonobu}} |title = Monkey scroll |description = One of the earliest surviving images of the formal serving of tea. It was made to celebrate the birth of a grandson to the chief priest of the Hiyoshi shrine at Mount Hiei, near Kyoto. Here monkeys, who were sacred to the shrine, imitate humans in a poetry competition that lasts all night. The monkeys try to stay awake by drinking strong green tea, but some have fallen asleep.... |
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