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Tamatori stealing the jewels

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Original - Tamatori, being pursued by Ryujin after stealing his tide jewel
Reason
The image is of high resolution and encyclopedic value, showing how the Japanese of the 1800s viewed both the God of the Sea Ryūjin and the legend of the Tide jewels. Work is by a notable artist. Note that the ama divers traditionally wore loin cloths when diving (no shirts), so the nudity would be accurate of a diver during the period.
Articles in which this image appears
Ryūjin, Tide jewels, Japanese dragon, Tentacle erotica, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
Creator
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, uploaded by User:Petrusbarbygere
  • Support as nominator -- Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:23, 22 September 2011 (UTC) reply
  • Weak Support It seems softer at full size than I'd expect for this sort of thing. JJ Harrison ( talk) 22:46, 25 September 2011 (UTC) reply

Not promoted -- J Milburn ( talk) 09:56, 1 October 2011 (UTC) reply