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Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a dragon with scaly body twisting through dark, swirling clouds against a pale background.

Dragon and clouds

A hanging scroll in ink on paper shows a dragon coiling through swirling, shadowy clouds. Its serpentine body with finely textured scales curls from the upper right toward the lower center, its head and whiskered jaws facing left against a pale grey mount.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
1760-1849
Medium
Ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
1238 × 3999 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1849).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Dragón y nubes

Un kakemono en tinta sobre papel muestra un dragón enroscado entre nubes arremolinadas y sombrías. Su cuerpo serpenteante, de escamas finamente texturizadas, desciende desde la parte superior derecha hacia el centro inferior, con la cabeza y las fauces barbadas orientadas a la izquierda.

Português: Dragão e nuvens

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