Love this Kono Bairei ‘Magic Dragon in Smoke’. I’ve been responding to this and re-working one of my collages..

Kono Bairei. Magic Dragon in Smoke. Ca. 1880 - 90. The picture was made based on a Chinese story about a magical dragon rising in smoke from an ink stone. The dragon was printed with metallic pigment, which has been oxidized and is difficult to see now.