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Chinese Sage Evoking a Dragon

Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man stands on a white base. The man faces left. He wears a peach-colored garment with wide white sleeves and a black and gold patterned vest. A white cloth wraps around his waist. The man has a mustache and goatee. A dragon curves down from the upper left corner of the beige background. Its body curves around the man on the right. The dragon is green with a red tongue. A table with a black bowl on it stands to the right of the man. The man holds a staff. The background has Japanese writing on either side and a red seal in the upper right corner. A circular seal sits in the bottom right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1825
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
556 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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