Title : Wakan Nazorae Genji (Tattoo)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1855.

Details : Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Wakan Nazorae Genji (Tattoo) - Artelino

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Description : "Wakan Nazorae Genji" (Sino-Japanese Parallels to Genji). Kyumonryu Shishin. He was so nicknamed because of the nine-dragon tattoo on his back. A lady and her kid with an insect cage (Suzumushi in it?) is passing by. Shishin (Shi-jin in Chinese) had enormous strength and was one of the great heroes in Suikoden.

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