Object Details
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861)
Label
In East Asia, the dragon is associated with water and rain, and is also one of the twelve animals of the zodiac. As in Kuniyoshi's vivid and innovative prints of warriors and heroes in the late 1820s and 1830s, this image of a dragon emerging from clouds presents large-scale, dynamic figures whose forms and movement defy the lateral boundaries and surface plane of the print. Kuniyoshi's powerful design, with its limited color scheme dominated by black and gray, recalls a long tradition of Japanese ink paintings of dragons that had begun centuries earlier with the introduction of the subject through Chinese ink paintings imported to Japan.
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History
Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)
Credit Line
The Anne van Biema Collection
Date
ca. 1827-31
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
S2004.3.149
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Print
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 37.4 x 25.9 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
dragon
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Japan
wave
ukiyo-e
Japanese Art
Anne van Biema collection
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Record ID
fsg_S2004.3.149