Dragon

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon

Soga NichokuanLinkedCulture matchlcp-f047faf7f4fe

Date
early to mid-1600s
Medium
six-panel folding screen; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152253

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A dragon dives through clouds on this screen, while on the other screen, a tiger looks upon a waterfall as it prowls out of a bamboo grove. 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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