Art Institute of Chicago
Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Date
- c. 1840
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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