Monkey, Minami Denamchō Parade
Series TitleFloat Parody of the Twelve Zodiac Animals: (Mitate jūnishi: Saru, Minami Denmachō hanaguruma)
Artist
Toyohara Chikanobu
(Japanese, 1838 - 1912)
Date1893
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (36.83 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol Shankel
Object number2016.29.2
SignedArtist signature "Yōshū Chikanobu 揚洲周延" on the bottom right.
InscribedIn the cartouche on the top right reads "Mitate jūnishi, Saru, Minami Denmachō hanaguruma (Parody of twelve zodiac animals, Monkey, Minami Denmachō flower float)"; the inscription on the bottom left indicates the printer and printed date (printed on August 20th and published on August 25th of Meiji 26; Printed and published by Morimoto Junzaburō).
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DescriptionTwo young men standing in the foreground are dressed in festival attires. Another man behind them calls out for people to join the festival with loud wooden clappers. Behind them is a parade float for Hie Sannō Festival, one of the three major festivals in Edo. The parade winds its way through various neighborhoods around the Edo Castle where shogun awaits. The float is topped by a statue of a monkey, the messenger of god Sannō, or Mountain King, when he communicates with the world. It is now passing through South Denmachō area, a merchant area located northwest of the castle.
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Unknown
ca. 1825-1850
76-38/5
