Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 54938

Urashima Enters the Palace of the Dragon King

Artist / 作者: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代: 1785-1795
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録: 481 × 326 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Urashima was a crab-catcher who lived in Tango Province. In the year 477 he caught a tortoise in the ocean, but instead of killing it he put it back in the water. The next day he saw a shipwreck in the water, with a beautiful woman clinging to it. She asked his help in getting her back to her home. After two days of paddling, he arrived at the Palace of the Dragon King, located in the ocean waves. The woman turned out to be Otohime, a princess in the Dragon King's realm. The two were married, but after three years Urashima wanted to return to his home. The princess made him promise to return eventually to her watery palace, and gave him a box which he was instructed never to open. When he a…

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