Japanese woodblock print of an armored warrior with a spear, beneath a pale ghostly woman and white serpent, with a red snake character cartouche.

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, Heroes of the Zodiac series

A warrior in patterned blue and red armor and a black lacquered hat grips a long spear against a dark, wavy ground. Above him, a pale ghostly woman rises from a coiling white serpent beside a red cartouche bearing the character for snake.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Date: c. 1840
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 2350 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1845).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener

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Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, Heroes of the Zodiac series

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