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Yu the Great battling a dragon

Yu the Great battling a dragon by Totoya Hokkei — Japanese Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono, late 1820s

Yu the Great battling a dragon

by Totoya Hokkei

Date:: late 1820s
Medium:: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Source:: Art Institute of Chicago

More Prints by Totoya Hokkei

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp by Totoya Hokkei

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych, surimono

Mount Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Sattayama), from the series "Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)" by Totoya Hokkei

Mount Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Sattayama), from the series "Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)"

c. 1830/34

Color woodblock print; horizontal otanzaku

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Yu the Great battling a dragon was created by Totoya Hokkei (魚屋北渓) in late 1820s.

Illustration of a Chinese poem, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)" by Totoya Hokkei

Illustration of a Chinese poem, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

c. 1830/44

Color woodblock print; chuban

Takenouchi no Sukune carrying the Emperor Ojin by Totoya Hokkei

Takenouchi no Sukune carrying the Emperor Ojin

c. 1830

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono