Nine dragons were painted as a part of a design for a king's robe. The Dragon is the king of all legendary animals in both China and Japan. Robes decorated with golden dragons were only allowed to be worn by kings. There are eight visible dragons on the robe, and one hidden under the lapel. Nobles adjacent to the king were only allowed to wear robes decorated with eight or fewer dragons. Dragons with five claws were only for kings; others were allowed to have only four or less. The gold color is a sign of wealth.
YOK-26BK: Golden Dragons with Black Background uses sprinkled gold powder to cover the base; sprinkled gold powder, gold foil and orange color urushi are used to fill in the surface, by the Togidashi method.
The dragons were made with Gold Taka Maki-e, surface paintings, Raden, sprinkled gold powder, many different colored Urushi, Togidashi, Gold Maki-e and Silver Maki-e. This design is extremely detailed. YOK-26G. The artist, Yuhaku (whose real name is Masayuki Hariya), uses many different sizes of Nashiji.
YOK-26BK: Golden Dragons with Black Background uses sprinkled gold powder to cover the base; sprinkled gold powder, gold foil and orange color urushi are used to fill in the surface, by the Togidashi method.
The dragons were made with Gold Taka Maki-e, surface paintings, Raden, sprinkled gold powder, many different colored Urushi, Togidashi, Gold Maki-e and Silver Maki-e. This design is extremely detailed. YOK-26G. The artist, Yuhaku (whose real name is Masayuki Hariya), uses many different sizes of Nashiji.