A climber in a monkey-pelt cloak scales a rocky waterfall slope

A man climbs a rocky slope beside a waterfall, gripping a long pole slung across his shoulder. Over his shoulders he wears a blue-grey pelt bearing a monkey's face and pale fur at the collar, and beneath it a red robe patterned with small monkeys among vines, hitched up to bare his sinewy legs. Blue sky and drifting clouds fill the background above jagged brown rock and green grass. A cartouche naming the hero is at the upper right; the signature and seals are at the lower left.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) brought heroes, monsters and spectacle into the ukiyo-e print. A pupil of Toyokuni, he made his name in 1827 with the series of the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Suikoden, tattooed warriors caught mid-action, and went on to giant skeletons, cats, whales and satirical puzzles that slipped past the censors. His restless invention influenced Yoshitoshi and, much later, tattoo and manga art. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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