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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

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The Three Wise Monkeys

Atlas Obscura says the grand Toshogu shrine was built and dedicated to the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The most notable panel is the three wise monkeys, which is three Japanese macaques doing this funny thing of Mizaru, Kika-Zaru, Iwasaru,. Not seeing, not hearing, not saying. That was built in 1617. We even have specific date and location for one rendering of this that got turned into especially British merchandise and US merchandise.

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