Description
暗雲からぬうっと現れた龍。画中最も白いのは眼。素地を残してしめす眼光（がんこう）の迫力は強烈だ。応挙の筆にかかると、架空の生き物なのに実際にいそうで、人間めいた表情や手が生々しい。死のほぼ一年前の作で、支援者であった沼津の素封家植松（うえまつ）家に伝来した。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026