Dragon and Tiger
Cleveland Museum of Art

Dragon and Tiger

Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577) · c. 1546–56

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Although the theme of this painting derives from Chinese philosophy and pictorial culture, Sesson's tiger is likely modeled after Korean prototypes of the Joseon period circulating in Japan.

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