Dragon Among Clouds

Artist

Tsuruzawa Tansaku

nationality

Japanese

birth-death

d. 1797-1797

Creation date

18th Century/late

Materials

ink on paper, six-panel folding screen

Dimensions

68 x 92 in.

Not Currently On View

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Miller

Accession number

79.350

Gallery Label

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The dragon, a symbol of rain, frolics amidst swirling clouds and turbulent waves. Tansaku, who followed the Kano school of painting, was an early teacher of Maruyama Ōkyo, whose paintings are also hanging in this gallery.

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