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Tiger
Also titled Tijger
Kôno Bairei (1844–1895)
1866
- Medium
- paper, wood (plant material), silk
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 127 cm x width 28.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Bairei made this early work when he was a 21 or 22-year-old art student in Kyoto. Here he shows himself to be a capable pupil. Portrayed with careful, controlled lines, the tiger has become a slightly comical figure, as is more often the case in Japanese painting.
