About this artwork
The poet and painter Jujoen here created an imitation of a hanging scroll and silk mounting with a depiction of a tiger, all within the vertical format of the print. The inscriptions indicate that it is a New Year’s print from the year of the tiger. Issen not only contributed the image of the tiger, he also wrote one of the poems on this print.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Jujoen (Poet)
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Title
- Tiger
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1866
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
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Dimensions
- 11.5 × 36.8 cm (4 9/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
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Reference Number
- 1972.1616
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/42658/manifest.json