

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
- View original
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