Keywords: First-gibbon-in-Japan.png Hendrik Doeff who was then staying here said that this gibbon occurs on the island of Java where it is called wau-wau Truly an extraordinary sight According to Gulik wau-wau refers in Indonesia to the species Hylobates Moloch; it must have been brought to Japan on a Dutch ship The book Kenkadō-zatsuroku by Kimura Kenkadō 1736-1802 published in 1856 Reproduced in Robert Van Gulik's Gibbon in China 1967 p 99 Drawing by Mori Sosen 1747-1821 a famous Japanese monkey painter; text by himself of Kimura Kenkadō 1736-1802 Probably 1809 the date of the events described or soon thereaafter PD-Art Paintings of monkeys by Mori Sosen Robert van Gulik Gibbons in art Hendrik Doeff |