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Japanese woodblock print of a seated robed figure tasting from a bowl beside a green dragon-spouted vessel, rocks, a glass jar, and a poem panel.

The Salt Dragon

A seated figure in patterned orange and blue robes leans over a bowl, lifting a spoon, beside a rocky outcrop and a pale vessel with a green dragon-shaped spout on a blue-rimmed tray. A glass jar, a small green-capped flask, and a poem in a cartouche appear at upper left in this color woodblock surimono with metallic highlights.

Artist
Totoya Hokkei
Date
1832
Medium
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1951 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1837).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus

Español: El dragón de sal

Una figura sentada con túnica estampada en naranja y azul se inclina sobre un cuenco, levantando una cuchara, junto a una roca y una vasija pálida con un pico verde en forma de dragón sobre una bandeja de borde azul. En la parte superior izquierda aparecen un frasco de vidrio, una pequeña botella de tapa verde y un poema en un recuadro, en este shikishiban xilográfico con toques metálicos.

Português: O Dragão de Sal

Uma figura sentada com manto estampado em laranja e azul inclina-se sobre uma tigela, erguendo uma colher, ao lado de uma rocha e de um vaso pálido com bico verde em forma de dragão sobre uma bandeja de borda azul. No canto superior esquerdo aparecem um frasco de vidro, uma pequena garrafa de tampa verde e um poema em moldura, neste surimono xilográfico colorido com realces metálicos.

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