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'In the oldest annals the dragons are mentioned in various ways,' explains de Visser, 'but mostly as water-gods, serpent- or dragon-shaped.' The Kojiki and Nihongi mention several ancient dragons: 720 AD Nihongi mytho-histories have the first Japanese textual references to dragons. Indigenous Japanese dragons Kiyohime Changes from a Dragon into a human woman, by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka The Dragon King's daughter, whose father the Dragon King lives at the bottom of the sea. : 94 Like these other East Asian dragons, most Japanese ones are water deities or kami associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine creatures with clawed feet. The style and appearance of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon, especially the three-clawed long (龍) dragons which were introduced in Japan from China in ancient times. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and the Indian subcontinent.

Japanese dragons ( 日本の竜, Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Emperor Antoku's grandmother rescuing him from a dragon, by Yoshitsuya Ichieisai A dragon ascends towards the heavens with Mount Fuji in the background in this 1897 ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekkō's Views of Mount Fuji. Serpentine creature in Japanese mythology Japanese sea-dragon, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese dragon, by Hokusai Princess Tamatori steals the Dragon King's jewel, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

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