page_title: Hanabusa Itchō
hierarchical_section_title: Hanabusa Itchō
caption_attribution_description: "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&#160;: 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）の作。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
context_page_description: Hanabusa Itchō was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati. He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names.
context_section_description: Hanabusa Itchō (英 一蝶, 1652 – February 7, 1724) was a Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet. He originally trained in the Kanō style, under Kanō Yasunobu, but ultimately rejected that style and became a literati (bunjin). He was also known as Hishikawa Waō and by a number of other art-names.
caption: "Blind monks examining an elephant", an ukiyo-e print by Hanabusa Itchō
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