Fusuma: Tigers and Dragon

1813-1838 (Edo)

680.3 cm 173 cm

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These "fusuma," Japanese sliding door panels, were designed to cover two walls of a room forming an "L" shape. They would have surrounded three "tatami" mats on two sides. Each set of four panels forms an open-ended, but stable composition with a tiger and birds on the left an...

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[These fusuma were brought to Kyoto from western Japan by a traveling dealer, they were likely purchased from the family who originally commissioned them]; James Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, between 1998 and 2000, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by purchase.
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