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The Palace of the Dragon King

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853
The Palace of the Dragon King, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Palace of the Dragon King, zoomed in
36.5 cmThe Palace of the Dragon King scale comparison74.4 cm
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The Palace of the Dragon King (Full title: Ryugu Tamatori Hime no su Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King) is an Edo Period Wood Block Print created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 1853. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Dragons. SourceDownload

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