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Dragon Rising from a Fan
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Dragon Rising from a Fan

Totoya Hokkei · 1832 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A woman paints a dragon on a fan which then seems to fly away. Or is there also a dragon on the room screen where she sits next to it, depicted? On the ground a paint box, paper and brushes. Left a box with unpainted fans. With one poem.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineDraak stijgt op van een waaier. 1832. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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