Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is widely recognised as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of Japanese woodblock printing and painting. Printed in batches between 1885 and 1892, One Hundred Aspects of the Moon is a series of 100 woodblock prints, featuring famous historical and literary figures in various moonlit scenes.
Created as part of the series in 1889, Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong depicts the immortal monkey Sun Wukong, known as Songoku in Japanese - meaning ‘enlightened emptiness’. Songoku accompanied the priest Tripitaka on a journey from China to India in the seventh century to collect scriptures, and became popular through the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’. He gained immortality by breaking into the heavenly garden and consuming the peaches of longevity. Here, his companion is the Rabbit in the Moon, also known as the Jade Rabbit, often associated with mixing the drugs for the elixir of life. Songoku fearlessly holds a magic staff, his favourite weapon used to strike demons.
Featuring an off-white mat board border, this A3 sized Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong print is available exclusively from the Gallery Shop.
250gsm satin paper print
Off-white mat board border
Paper size: H29.5 x W41.5cm
Image size: H27 x W20cm
Fits a standard A3 size frame
Made in Australia
Exclusive to the Gallery Shop
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan 1839-1892)
Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong 1889
from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
Colour woodblock; ōban, 39 x 26cm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2012
Print © Art Gallery of New South Wales
