Monkey and Crab Japanese Folklore Mythology Fable Tale | Keisai Eisen Edo Period Vintage Woodblock Fine Art Print Buddha gift while devotees and attendants watch

while devotees and attendants watch in exultation

and she is considered one of the most important and powerful protectors of the Buddhist teachings

She is often depicted as a beautiful and fierce female figure

Ernst Haeckel was a prominent figure in the field of biology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

spared its life and allowed it to slither away

Monkey and Crab Japanese Folklore Mythology Fable Tale | Keisai Eisen Edo Period Vintage Woodblock Fine Art Print Buddha gift while devotees and attendants watchThis surimono print references a well known Japanese folktale in which a monkey takes advantage of a crab, claiming that persimmon seeds will grow into a fruit prodicing tree. The persimmons eventually ripen, and the monkey offers to pick them for the crab, only to eat them himself. In a fit of aggression, the monkey throws an unripe persimmon at the crab, fatally injuring her. Before the crab dies, she gives birth to offspring, who eventually grow up