The fisherman Urashima Taro, with rod over his shoulder, next to large turtle, in the surf. According to the story, Urashima Taro rescued a turtle, who turned out to be a princess, as a reward he was allowed to live in her fathers underwater palace. When, as he felt, he returned home after a short time, he turned out to have been gone for 300 years., Urashima Taro, print maker: Koen, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1860 - 1870, paper, colour woodcut, h 420 mm ¡Ñ w 348 mm