The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Tiger in Wind

1800s

after Maruyama Ōkyo

(Japanese, 1733–1795)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
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.)
Sundry Purchase Fund 1971.232
Location: Not on view

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.
  • Murado Torujiro, Ōtsu, Japan
    ?–1971
    (Nisaburo Mizutani, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1971–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).
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    Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
  • {{cite web|title=Tiger in Wind|url=false|author=Maruyama Ōkyo|year=1800s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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