Three Monkeys at Toshogu Shrine

A wall carving of three monkeys at the sacred stables of Toshogu Shrine, the final resting place of Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first of the Tokugawa Shoguns. The monkeys make the familiar signs for “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”. Nikko, Japan, ca. 1880s.

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