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Print

Utagawa Yoshikazu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a dragon. The dragon has a large head, long body, and tail, with the body and tail colored gray. The dragon's head faces the viewer and has a large snout, long thin whiskers protruding from the mouth, and green eyes. Eight yellow beams with rounded ends point toward the dragon's face. The background shows a body of water with blue waves, and a coastline with green hills on the right and a town on the left. The top half of the image is filled with dark gray smoke, through which white and blue flames are bursting. The flames have a red lining on the inside. A red vertical rectangle with black Japanese characters is on the right side. A red seal with Japanese characters is in the bottom-left corner. The title of the print is "Print by Utagawa Yoshikazu".

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
446 × 624 px
Museum record:
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