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Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Coaster

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Decorate your home with custom coasters! Made with high-gloss plastic and a non-skid cork backing, these coasters display your photos and designs with vivid and sharp colors. Perfect for hot and cold drinks, custom coasters are a great complement to any table or surface.

  • Dimensions: 9.6 cm x 9.6 cm (3.8" x 3.8")
  • Coasters come in sets of 6
  • High gloss plastic with non-skid cork backing
  • Easy wipe-clean surface
Creator Tip: To ensure the highest quality print, please note this product’s customisable design area measures 8.1 cm x 8.1 cm (3.2" x 3.2"). For best results please add 0.3 cm (1/8") bleed..

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Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Coaster

Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Coaster

Artwork by Japanese artist, Sesson Shūkei (ca. 1504–ca. 1589) "猿猴捉月図屏風 - Gibbons in a Landscape Artist: Sesson Shūkei (ca. 1504–ca. 1589) Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573) Date: ca. 1570 Culture: Japan Medium: Pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper The gibbon, native to the forested mountains of southern China, is known in Japan only through painting and poetry. In literary contexts, its cry is associated with the elevated spirit of solitude, and in Daoist lore with a superior life force. Japanese Zen monks treasured images of gibbons painted by the Chinese monk Muqi (ca. 1210–after 1269), and by the late fifteenth century paintings of gibbons in the manner of this artist had become a favored subject for screen decoration. Here a chain of gibbons is shown reaching futilely for a reflection of the moon, a symbol of enlightenment. This scene illustrates a fundamental Zen paradox: if one is deliberately or overly anxiously trying to attain enlightenment, then that spiritual path will not lead to true enlightenment. As reflected in the subject matter of many of his paintings, Sesson was a Zen monk-artist. He was a highly learned and prolific painter who studied a wide array of earlier Chinese ink painting styles and played a major role in the creation of a distinctive Japanese style of so-called Zen ink painting."

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A great quality product. Have ordered many of these coasters, including other designs for gifts for family & friends. Even have my own se. Extremely good print.
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By Janiene P.23 December 2025Verified Purchase
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Order arrived and one of the coasters is damaged. Can you please arrange replacement. Pretty disappointed as this is a Christmas gift. .
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By E.29 November 2021Verified Purchase
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I bought these coasters to go with my mouse pad, also from Zazzle. They arrived in really fast time and were well packaged. The quality of the coaster is better than I imagined, they look very durable and unlikely to blemish like normal coasters. Very pleased with this purchase. The printing is perfect on each coaster, they look very smart indeed. I love them.

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