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Dragons and Clouds

Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達

Ink painting formed from a pair of screens arranged horizontally side-by-side, each with six, narrow vertical panels, of two dragons among dark ink clouds, one on each screen, with turbulent waves along the lower register. A thin, gold rectangular border surrounds each screen on all sides. — Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and pink tint on paper, 67 1/2 × 147 3/8 in. Public Domain

Artist
Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Subject Area
Artistic Techniques

Artistic Techniques
Tarashikomi

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The Tarashikomi Technique

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