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See the gallery of such images, or the gallery of widescreen images. This image has been selected as a Selected picture at the Portal Japan on English Wikipedia. DescriptionBlind monks examining an elephant.jpg "Blind monks examining an elephant" by Itcho Hanabusa. LOC description: Ukiyo-e print illustration from Buddhist parable showing blind monks examining an elephant. Each man reaches a different conclusion based on which part of the elephant he has examined. 1 print : woodcut, color. 日本語: 題「衆瞽探象之圖」。英一蝶（はなぶさ・いっちょう 1652 – 1724）作の浮世絵。盲目の僧たちが象を手さぐりし、それぞれが違う説明をするという説話を題材にしている。木版画。 Date 1888 Source   This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g08725. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. العربية | беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | فارسی | suomi | français | עברית | magyar | italiano | 日本語 | lietuvių | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | português do Brasil | русский | sicilianu | slovenčina | slovenščina | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | 中文（繁體）‎ | +/− This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: rotated, cleaned, cropped, centerline fold/crease removed (original Ukiyo-e print was on two pages), and scan fog haze removed.   Author Hanabusa Itchō Permission (Reusing this file) This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. 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Exif version 2.21 Rating (out of 5) 0 Structured data Items portrayed in this file depicts blind men and an elephant inception 1888 Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Blind_monks_examining_an_elephant.jpg&oldid=507472562" Categories: Woodcuts of Buddhist monks 1888 in art Blind men and an elephant Printings by Hanabusa Itcho Blind people from Japan Hidden categories: Featured pictures on Wikipedia, English Files with Assessments template missing SDC Commons quality assessment Commons featured desktop backgrounds Images from the Library of Congress Retouched pictures CC-PD-Mark PD-old-100-expired PD-Art (PD-old-100-expired) Navigation menu Personal tools English Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces File Discussion Variants Views View Edit History More Search Navigate Main page Welcome Community portal Village pump Help center Participate Upload file Recent changes Latest files Random file Contact us Tools What links here Related changes Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Concept URI Print/export Download as PDF Printable version This page was last edited on 30 October 2020, at 11:38. 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