Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 102296
Journey to the West
- Artist / 作者
- UTAGAWA Chikamaro河鍋暁斎
- Date / 年代
- 1866-1876
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 500 × 243 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
- Published by / 公開者
- 紫藤メイ
- Rights / 権利
- No commercial-app permission documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Catalog note / 解説
A wonderful triptych based on the classic Chinese tale JOURNEY TO THE WEST -- the legend of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage to India during the Tang Dynasty in order to obtain the sutra religious texts. Among his three protectors was Sun Wukong, a monkey king whose powers grows to match the forces of all of the Eastern deities, and who most often rescues Xuanzang before he is harmed in the eight-one disasters he needs to face in order to attain Buddhahood (which,in the end, both achieve).
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