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Tiger in Wind

1800s

after Maruyama Ōkyo 丸山応挙

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Painting: 134.6 x 58 cm (53 x 22 13/16 in.); Mounted: 194 x 73 cm (76 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Sundry Purchase Fund 1971.232
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

The seals appended to the inscription on this painting suggest that the text was brushed by Yūjō (1723–1773), an imperial prince who became a Buddhist monk and was abbot of Enman'in at Miidera. The line is from a poem attributed to a Yuan dynasty poet, Yu Ruyu (dates unknown), and describes the sound of a fierce wind lashing the ground. Wind is associated with the roar of the tiger. Yūjō was Maruyama Ōkyo's most important patron as a young artist, and this painting has a signature asserting that Ōkyo created it in 1772, the year before Yūjō's death. While Yūjō produced a preface for a now famous set of handscrolls he commissioned Ōkyo to paint, and a number of Ōkyo's compositions for Enman'in survive, this work would appear to be one imagining their relationship, as opposed to a genuine piece.
A hanging scroll with ink on cream-colored paper depicts a tiger sitting in the lower portion. The tiger, facing our left, turns its head over its shoulder with large eyes and fine whiskers. Wide diagonal gray washes sweep across the background, while dark stripes contrast against the paper. Japanese calligraphy and red seals feature in the upper right and lower left corners.

Tiger in Wind

1800s

Maruyama Ōkyo

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)

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