Japanese Print "Nine Dragon Tattoo - Sketches by Yoshitoshi" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Nine Dragon Tattoo - Sketches by Yoshitoshi
Date:1882.
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Description:
"Yoshitoshi Ryakuga" (Sketches by Yoshitoshi). She Jin, one of the 108 bandit heroes in the Chinese novel, "Shui Hu Zhuan" (Suikoden in Japanese). He had nine dragons tattooed, therefore, he was known as "Kumonryu" (Nine Dragons).