Dragon and Tiger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon and Tiger

Soga NichokuanLinkedCulture matchlcp-f047faf7f4fe

Date
early to mid-1600s
Medium
pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152252

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A tiger looks upon a waterfall as it prowls out of a bamboo grove, and a dragon dives through clouds on the right. Tiger and dragon are traditional symbols of the balancing forces in the world, yin (the feminine aspect) and yang (the masculine aspect). This painting has a signature and seals, identifying it as a work by Soga Nichokuan, a painter thought to be from Sakai (near Osaka), and known primarily for his representations of hawk-eagles ( kumataka ).

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Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Provenance
?–1985: (Klaus F. Naumann East Asian Art, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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