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| Sosen: First Gibbon in Japan |
This is said to be the first gibbon ever seen in Japan. The artist is Mori Sosen (1747-1821), a Japanese painter, mainly know for his monkey motives. This drawing is an illustration in a book, "Kenkadō-zatsuroku" by Kimura Kenkadō.
According to this book, the gibbon was shown in Osaka in 1809.