Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Giclee Repro Print Jade Rabbit Sun Wukong Monkey King Moon 15"H

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年, 1839–1892): Jade Rabbit, Sun Wukong (玉兎 孫悟空, Gyokuto Songoku), from One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: archival giclée reproduction

Contemporary reproduction after original woodblock print, published 1889.

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, leaps in front of a huge pink moon with his red staff raised, as the white jade rabbit of the moon bounds beside him. The monkey’s gray and gold robes whip around him, and the black corners frame the moon like a stage.

Sun Wukong is the immortal trickster of the Chinese novel Journey to the West. The rabbit is the moon’s legendary resident, a figure that appears in both Chinese and Japanese lore. The original was published in October 1889 by Akiyama Buemon, signed “Yoshitoshi,” with the engraver’s mark of Enkatsu.

Yoshitoshi drew the subjects of One Hundred Aspects of the Moon from Japanese and Chinese history, legend, theater and literature, with the moon in every print. The series ran from 1885 to 1892 and was his most successful.

Printed locally by a professional print house on acid-free archival fine-art paper with fade-resistant pigmented inks.

• Title: 玉兎 孫悟空 (Gyokuto Songoku), Jade Rabbit, Sun Wukong, from 月百姿 (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
• Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
• Original date: Meiji 22 (1889), publisher Akiyama Buemon
• Medium: Archival giclée reproduction on acid-free fine-art paper with pigmented inks
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Condition: New