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Deity East Asian traditions

Japanese dragon

日本的龍 zh 日本の竜 ja 일본의 용 ko

Serpentine creature in Japanese mythology

  • Also called ryu, ryū

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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞; b. 1786, d. 1865) · Public domain

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