Minneapolis Institute of Art

Sun Wukong Fights Rasetsunyo

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Author: Sumida Ryōko; Publisher: Fukushimaya Tashichi

Date

1864, 12th lunar month

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Monkey King Sun Wukong is a main character in the classic Chinese novel The Journey to the West, and is seen here in a fight with the Princess Iron Fan over her magical fan. He needs this fan, which is capable of creating powerful winds that extinguish flames, so his party can cross the Flaming Mountains on their journey west. Japan, Asia

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