Tiger Family

Kishi Ganku’s ‘Tiger Family’ is a pair of six-panel folding screens. Ink and color on paper. Created in the early 1800s during Japan’s Edo period.

The screens depict a tiger family: an adult tiger and cubs. The use of ink and color is meticulous, with the tigers rendered in lifelike detail.

Ganku was known for his tiger paintings, a rarity in Japanese art. He was born in Kanazawa and became prominent in Kyoto by the late 18th century.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.3

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