Series 33

Series 33, Card 9 - MURASAKIPEPE

Series 33, Card 9 - MURASAKIPEPE was created by an unknown artist. They created a total of 4 cards for the Rare Pepe series including NOBUSHIPEPE and HARAKIRIPEPE.

The original image is titled "Murasaki Shikibu composing Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji)" which was created in the late 17th century by Japanese artist Tosa Mitsuoki. Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, which is widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written between about 1000 and 1012.

Series 33, Card 23 - PEPEAFRIKEK

Series 33, Card 23 - PEPEAFRIKEK was created by artist Zed Erwan. He created a total of 12 cards for the Rare Pepe project. This is one of Zed's hand drawn cards which was done in ball-point pen first and then colored digitally. You can see a photo of the original sketch above.