Cultural depictions Japanese macaque

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monkeys in plum tree , mori sosen, 1808.


the japanese macaque (snow monkey) has featured prominently in religion, folklore, , art of japan, in proverbs , idiomatic expressions in japanese language. in shinto belief, mythical beasts known raijū appeared monkeys , kept raijin, god of lightning, company. 3 wise monkeys , warn people see no evil, hear no evil, , speak no evil , carved in relief on door of famous tōshō-gū shrine in nikkō. japanese macaque feature of several fairy tales, such tale of momotaro , fable crab , monkey. monkey part of chinese zodiac, has been used centuries in japan, creature portrayed in paintings of edo period tangible metaphor particular year. 19th-century artist , samurai watanabe kazan created painting of macaque. during edo period, numerous clasps kimono or tobacco pouches (collectively called netsuke) carved in shape of macaques.


spoken references macaques abound in history of japan. before rise power, famed samurai toyotomi hideyoshi compared monkey in appearance , nicknamed kozaru ( little monkey ) lord , master, oda nobunaga. humorous jibe @ first, later used pejoratively hideyoshi s rivals. in modern japanese culture, because monkeys considered indulge libido openly , (much same way rabbits thought in western cultures), man preoccupied sex might compared or metaphorically referred monkey, might romantically involved couple exceptionally amorous.









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