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Dragon
Also titled Draak
Nyōren Daien (1785–1858)
1785 - 1858
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 101.8 cm x width 29.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift F. Hess, 2018)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Nyoren’s calligraphy is said to have magical properties. This image depicts the character 竜 (‘dragon’). The caption conveys the mythical animal’s turbulent, energetic nature: ‘It feasts on the waters of the Four Seas. This auspicious creature soars among the heavens with a single purpose: It brings the gift of water to all corners of the world.’
