Hara Shobō

Before the description — the supplied "Title: Hara Shobō" is not a title; Hara Shobō was a shin-hanga publisher, and the print itself is pencil-inscribed "Nikko's Three Monkeys, 1953" (日光の猿), which also contradicts the "Year: unknown" fact given.

Description: Rendered almost entirely in sage-green and black on cream paper, this print depicts a close-up relief carving of monkeys set into a weathered wooden temple beam amid carved chrysanthemum-like rosettes. In the foreground one monkey raises a hand to its ear while another covers its mouth with both hands, with a third partly visible behind them, hands lifted near its face; below the carved band runs a lower course of vertical wooden lattice. The muted, near-monochrome palette and grain-worn wood give the composition a still, weathered quiet.