Dragon and Tiger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon and Tiger

Sesson ShūkeiLinkedCulture matchlcp-b56ed7bf3266

Date
c. 1546–56
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Culture
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
135594

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In Chinese cosmology, the tiger's roar is said to produce wind. In Chinese paintings, the tiger is often shown with a dragon, who creates rain clouds. Together, they represent the balancing forces of the universe. Chinese presentations of the theme, often in hanging scroll format, provided the basic composition for the pair of screens to which this one belongs. Although the theme of this painting derives from Chinese philosophy and pictorial culture, Sesson's tiger is likely modeled after Korean prototypes of the Joseon period circulating in Japan.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
H. Mitsui; C. Satomi | ?-1959: (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1959-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1959-present

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