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Mori Yūzan was a grandson of Mori Kansai, who painted the folding screens 35.147 and 35.148, and one of his most important followers. Paintings of tigers were traditionally paired with paintings of dragons. The two creatures represented opposing forces, such as dryness (the tiger) and wetness (the dragon).

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Document identity
localId
6014
label
Tiger
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6014
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Tiger
description
Mori Yūzan was a grandson of Mori Kansai, who painted the folding screens 35.147 and 35.148, and one of his most important followers. Paintings of tigers were traditionally paired with paintings of dragons. The two creatures represented opposing forces, such as dryness (the tiger) and wetness (the dragon).
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1869-1917 (Meiji-Taisho)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
100.4
height
67.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 39 1/2 x W: 26 9/16 in. (100.4 x 67.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription]; [Seal]; [Signature present
but illegible]
med
ink and colors on silk mounted on paper
creator_ids
2750
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8273ce173fe2cecc