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| Keywords: Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten.png Ryu sho ten or Ryu shoten Dragon rising to the heavens also known as Gekko Zuihitsu Gekko's Sketch a Ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekko's Views of Mt Fuji A dragon rises out of the lake near Mt Fuji ascending towards the sky The text on the left hand side is in an archaic form of Japanese writing that includes characters not in common use any more A partial translation with the still-unknown symbols marked with s follows Printed on Nov 1st 30 of Meiji 1897 published on April 5th by yoshi Matsumoto who lives 2 Yoshikawa town Nihonbashi ward Thanks to 利用 子守歌 Ceridwen and Tonbi-ko for translation help jpd 01559 1897 Published 1898 Creator Ogata Gekko The restorationist lives in Britain where sweat-of-brow is sufficient to gain a new copyright Hence User Adam Cuerden Adam Cuerden For the original PD-Old Image Ogata Gekko - Ryu_sho_ten jpg - A lossier JPEG version of this image with a somewhat tighter crop that I thought might suit it well in articles Image Ogata Gekko - Ryu_sho_ten unrestored png - The unrestored original merely converted from TIFF to PNG levels adjustment dirt removal etc some fixing of tears around the edge of the image though not extensive - I felt that a few signs of age work well in something like this Mount Fuji in art Prints of dragons Ogata Gekko 1897 in art 1898 in art | ||||
