The “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” monkey statues are often referred to as the Three Wise Monkeys. The three wise monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, Kawazaru, covering his ears, and iwazaru, covering his mouth. The names of the three wise monkeys statues are Mizaru, Kawazaru and Iwazaru.
They symbolize the proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, and remind us to refrain from doing evil ourselves.