Catalog record · 目録番号 46001

Dreaming of Dragon Palace - Kiso Kaido Sixty-nine Stations

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1852
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 563 × 800 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

"Kisokaido Rokuju-ku Tsugi no Uchi" (Kiso Kaido Sixty-nine Stations) Fukushima Station. Urashima Taro, the Japanese Rip van Winkle. URASHIMA Tarou is going home after he spent 3 years in the dragon king's palace. The palace is fading away under the sea waves like a dream. He is sitting in front of a large turtle which gave him a ride from the dragon palace to his home village. He has not realized hundreds of years has been passed in this world.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1852. · artelino

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