Japanese Print "Wakan Nazorae Genji (Tattoo)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese Print "Wakan Nazorae Genji (Tattoo)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title:Wakan Nazorae Genji (Tattoo)

Date:1855.

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"Wakan Nazorae Genji" (Sino-Japanese Parallels to Genji). Kyumonryu Shishin. He was so nicknamed because of the nine-dragon tattoo on his back. A lady and her kid with an insect cage (Suzumushi in it?) is passing by. Shishin (Shi-jin in Chinese) had enormous strength and was one of the great heroes in Suikoden.

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