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Japan: Nine Tattooed Dragons Shi Jin or Kyumonryo Shishin, one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin'. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863), 1827-1830

Japan: Nine Tattooed Dragons Shi Jin or Kyumonryo Shishin, one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin', half-naked and tattooed standing under a tree, holds an enemy by the neck, while holding a long pole in his other hand. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863), 1827-1830. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu, known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese.