3 Wise Monkey Street Trio Glass Wall Art 🐒 Tempered Glass Wall Decoration, Sizes up to 55 x 35 in || Designer Collection

Three monkeys, three rules: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. The idea is centuries old, and its most famous home is a carved panel over the sacred stable at the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan, where the trio has been covering eyes, ears and mouth for a very long time. Part of the charm is a bit of Japanese wordplay. The old names, Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru, end in a sound close to saru, the word for monkey, so the proverb and the animals were practically made for each other.

Now look at what this piece does with that old lesson. The fellow on the left has his ears handled by a pair of gold headphones. The one in the middle has his mouth hidden behind a red bandana and gives you a red-eyed stare that says he isn't telling. The one on the right has his eyes tucked behind shades, cap pulled on, looking very pleased with himself. Same three vows, just dressed for the street instead of the shrine.

This is a newly made digital painting set behind tempered glass, and the black background does a lot of the work here. The faces seem to step right out of the dark, and the bandana's crimson is the first thing your eye lands on from across the room.

We like that it's a joke you can read two ways. Hang it and someone will grin at the gangster getup, then someone else will spot the old proverb hiding in plain sight. Either way, these three won't be repeating anything they hear in your den.

Three gangster apes pose against black, the central figure masked in red bandana with red eyes while flanking primates wear gold headphones and a yellow cap with shades, every fur strand caught in urban-portrait register. 3 Wise Monkey is digital painting in urban-portrait register — a street trio caught in onyx-and-crimson theater.

Behind tempered glass, the onyx-and-crimson palette keeps its kinetic charge and the painted detail holds its tactile fur, the polished surface giving the figurative tribute a quiet cinematic depth.

A natural fit for rooms that welcome bold, dramatic palette — a man cave with statement pulse, an office with editorial drama, a gaming room with cinematic mood. For street-art fans, statement collectors, and anyone drawn to figurative imagery with mask-and-cap poetry.