framed triptych: male and female figure seated on a cushion at C, watching the antics of creatures with human bodies with sea-creature heads: at L, fish with human bodies wrestle, while another figure holds up an object under the spray of a black whale at bottom; near C, a tortoise balances a sake barrel on its leg, while a crab cuts paper decorations; at R, a squid, fish, and other creatures play instruments, and look on

Sea creatures entertain Urashima Taro and Oto Hime in the Dragon Palace, 1847-1848

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Title
Sea creatures entertain Urashima Taro and Oto Hime in the Dragon Palace
Artist Life
1798 - 1861
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.527a-c
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framed triptych: male and female figure seated on a cushion at C, watching the antics of creatures with human bodies with sea-creature heads: at L, fish with human bodies wrestle, while another figure holds up an object under the spray of a black whale at bottom; near C, a tortoise balances a sake barrel on its leg, while a crab cuts paper decorations; at R, a squid, fish, and other creatures play instruments, and look on