# Tiger

- By: Kôno Bairei (1844–1895)
- Date: 1866
- Medium: paper, wood (plant material), silk
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 127 cm x width 28.7 cm
- Credit line: Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-RAK-2015-2-5--b1419083993a464465c55ff11ba13d98)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/be532c54f15d09b36a637862720e0ddb.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.