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Number Two: Chinese Woman with Dragon
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Number Two: Chinese Woman with Dragon

Yashima Gakutei · c. 1830 · 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 playing the koto under a pine tree, around which a dragon has coiled. The woman may be the Goddess Benten or the Chinese goddess of the West, Hsi Wang Mu. Number two from a series with two poems. Later copy.

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Credit lineNummer twee: Chinese vrouw met draak. c. 1830. Yashima Gakutei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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