Catfish, Monkey, and Gourd

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Artist Unknown

Culture Japanese

Title Catfish, Monkey, and Gourd

Date 18th century

Medium Ink and color on paper

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Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Julian Bobbs, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 62.128

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This charming picture was produced in Ōtsu, a town on the Tōkaidō, the major thoroughfare between Kyoto and Edo (modern Tokyo). Popular with travelers and pilgrims, such paintings were sold ready to hang. The subjects, derived from Buddhism, Shinto, Daoism, and Confucianism, are often talismanic depictions of gods and folk heroes who either protect their human charges from calamity or grant wealth and prosperity.

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