File:The monkey scroll.jpg

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current15:28, 3 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 15:28, 3 March 20233,846 × 1,197 (5.67 MB)commons>Szilas{{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Ishikawa Toyonobu}} |title = Monkey scroll |description = One of the earliest surviving images of the formal serving of tea. It was made to celebrate the birth of a grandson to the chief priest of the Hiyoshi shrine at Mount Hiei, near Kyoto. Here monkeys, who were sacred to the shrine, imitate humans in a poetry competition that lasts all night. The monkeys try to stay awake by drinking strong green tea, but some have fallen asleep....

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