# Painted Panel of Character "Tiger"

- Date: early 1900s
- Medium: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Credit line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.119.1)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.119.1/1998.119.1_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This set of four colorful hanging scrolls may have been used in an outdoor Buddhist ritual to evoke heavenly blessings. Each hanging scroll bears four different character; tiger, dragon, whistle, and recite. Traditionally, tiger and dragon belong to the four directional guards, respectively west and east.