Dragon
An imaginary animal with a serpent-like body, four legs, horns on its head, and scales on its back. Since ancient times, they have appeared in various stories and been used as a motif for architectural decorations and kimonos.
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The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!
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