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Monkey and Turtle
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A monkey in a red jacket seated on the back of a long-haired turtle (minogame). The long-haired turtle symbolizes longevity, based on the belief that the turtle grows a tail of seaweed after living 10,000 years. Accompanied by one poem.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMonkey and Turtle. 1824. Utagawa Hiroshige (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
