Monkey (Saru): Sun Wukong (Son Gokû)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Japan
1798 – 1861

Monkey (Saru): Sun Wukong (Son Gokû)
from the series Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyû mitate jûnishi)
c 1840
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Edo (Tokyo)
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 12.5 cm (image & sheet, chu-tanzaku)
Credit line
South Australian Government Grant 1983
Accession number
831G11
Signature and date
Signed in block, l.r., "Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga [Designed by Iciyusai Kuniyoshi]"; artist's square toshidama seal, l.r. Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan