The White Dragon Ascends to Heaven at the Koromo River during the Battle of Takadachi in the Third Year of the Bunji Era (1187)

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Yoshitsuya 歌川芳艶 (fl. 1822-1826)

• 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)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Anne van Biema Collection

• Type

  Print

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• Name

  Utagawa, Yoshitsuya

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Wars, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Anne van Biema collection, Ukiyo-e, Rivers, Dragon

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints