http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/929630/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDragons Climbing Mount Fuji (Fuji koshi no tatsu) and Snakes Disturbed by a Blind Man (Mekura ni komaru mi), from the series Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Dôke jûnishi)about 1841 (Tenpô 12)Utagawa KuniyoshiWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperBoth jokes refer to proverbial expressons. Storm clouds around the slopes of Mount Fuji were called "dragons climbing the mountain." A blind man is not afraid of snakes, since he cannot see them. Kuniyoshi illustrates both expressions literally.Prints35.4000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/207243/rdf