Japan & the Far East
The Dragon Gate and the Transforming Carp
Original caption: Dragon Gateway
A long fish-like body rises beside a many-tiered gate above curling waves. Hayes associates the design with Nanking’s examination hall and the metaphor of passing through the Dragon Gate.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "The Dragon Gate and the Transforming Carp" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 38. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-034
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Maker or photographer not identified. The Dragon Gate and the Transforming Carp. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 38. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-034