Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)

Sesson Shūkei

In Chinese cosmology, the tiger's roar is said to produce wind. In Chinese paintings, the tiger is often shown with a dragon, who creates rain clouds. Together, they represent the balancing forces of the universe. Chinese presentations of the theme, often in hanging scroll format, provided the basic composition for the pair of screens to which this one belongs.

Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).

Japanese Decorative Style

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections

Japanese Ink Painting. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 13-November 23, 1987).

Japanese Ink Painting

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art

Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Japanese Ink Paintings from American Collections: The Muromachi period: An exhibition in honor of Shūjirō Shimada. The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (April 25–June 13, 1976).

A horizontally oriented ink painting on a six-panel folding screen depicts a tiger on a rocky ledge to our left. Facing right while turning its head toward us, it sits before reaching bamboo stalks. On our right, a waterfall cascades over dark rocks. Wide, diagonal gray washes sweep across the upper sections. Repeated, fine lines and layered ink tones create the scene, defining fur and foliage, all framed by a patterned border.

Dragon and Tiger

龍虎図屏風

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龍虎図屏風

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