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Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Notebook

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Style: 16.51 cm x 22.22 cm Classic Notebook

Organise your day with a custom notebook! Made with your images and text on the front cover, this notebook is a great way to show off your personal style and keep track of all important notes and appointments all at once.

  • Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 22.2 cm (6.5" x 8.75")
  • Cover printed in vibrant, sharp colour
  • 80 black & white lined pages
  • College ruled
  • Lay flat spiral binding
This product is recommended for ages 8+..
Creator Tip: To ensure the highest quality print, please note this product’s customisable design area measures 16.5 cm x 22.2 cm (6.5" x 8.75"). For best results please add 0.3 cm (1/8") bleed..

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Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Notebook

Japanese Ink on paper Gibbons Primates & Landscape Notebook

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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This arrived So Much faster than I was expecting. I left plenty of time for international shipping and then didn't need it. I wasn't sure how the image would turn out (have never bought a notebook from Zazzle before). I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the image.
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By M.30 December 2017Verified Purchase
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Item was exactly as described. Very pleased. Print was excellent quality.
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By Robert K.18 May 2022Verified Purchase
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The image was bright and crisp - the details of the artwork came out perfectly. The paper is easy to write on. Perfect printing - better than expected!

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