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Dragon and Tiger
Sesson Shukeic. 1546–56
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Dragon and Tiger
- Creator: Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)
- Date Created: c. 1546–56
- Physical Dimensions: Painting: 157.3 x 339 cm (61 15/16 x 133 7/16 in.); Framed: 172.3 x 354 cm (67 13/16 x 139 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: H. Mitsui; C. Satomi, (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1959-present
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.136.2
- Medium: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
- Fun Fact: 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.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Momoyama period (1573–1615)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
- Accession Number: 1959.136.2
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