A Pet Monkey and a Crab
Artist
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Date1824 or 1826
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions20.4 x 18.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.59.1957
DescriptionThe monkey wears a garment of a dull brownish hue with a pattern formed of a powdering of cherry flowers and swastica crosses. He holds in his right hand a red-borwn object which he is waving before the crab whict holds in its claws a large piece of musubi (burnt rice-cake).On View
Not on view
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
about 1830
