Japanese woodblock print of a seated robed figure tasting from a bowl beside a green dragon-spouted vessel, rocks, a glass jar, and a poem panel.

The Salt Dragon

A seated figure in patterned orange and blue robes leans over a bowl, lifting a spoon, beside a rocky outcrop and a pale vessel with a green dragon-shaped spout on a blue-rimmed tray. A glass jar, a small green-capped flask, and a poem in a cartouche appear at upper left in this color woodblock surimono with metallic highlights.

Artist: Totoya Hokkei
Date: 1832
Medium: Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1951 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1837).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus

Japanese Prints 19th century edo period ukiyo-e surimono 1830s 1832 color print rocks seated figure japanese woodblock print totoya hokkei

The Salt Dragon

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