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One hundred demons stirring by night. Colour woodcut by Gyokuen, 1860s. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The 'monkey' hero of the Chinese novel is conjured up and leads his troops, as seen in the top left (the novel translated by Waley as 'journey to the west')
A satire on the political turmoil of the 1860s, when foreign presence intruded into Japan and the Shogun's authority was under pressure
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