Dragon; Tiger

Fachang Muqi’s ‘Dragon; Tiger’ consists of two hanging scrolls. Ink on silk, Southern Song dynasty. Created circa 1250–79. Cleveland Museum of Art.

The scrolls were exported from China to Japan soon after their creation. They were under the long-time ownership of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Muqi was a Chan Buddhist monk and painter. His works, like the Daitokuji triptych, are key examples of Chan painting. His influence extended to Japanese monk painters.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.427

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