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A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

Tiger

1866

Jujoen Japanese, 1827-1906

Japan

The poet and painter Jujoen here created an imitation of a hanging scroll and silk mounting with a depiction of a tiger, all within the vertical format of the print. The inscriptions indicate that it is a New Year’s print from the year of the tiger. Issen not only contributed the image of the tiger, he also wrote one of the poems on this print.

Color woodblock print; surimono

Arts of Asia