Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Monkey trying to catch a catfish with a gourd

Tomioka TessaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-d322c9ad8725

Date
1912
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
122231

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The poem reads: Lately there are many more men who have a monkey's guile to stick a catfish into a gourd. It is a reference to the determination and effort it takes to achieve the impossible—like fitting a huge fish into a tiny gourd bottle. Japan, Asia

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Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

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