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Title: Tiger
Alternative Title: 猛虎図
Creator: Kunii, Ōyō, 1868-1923, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Annotations/Markings: Inscribed "模祖翁之本" (copy after the example of ancestor) and signed "応陽" followed by two seals "応陽之印" and "子静氏" at lower right corner.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "What's so Funny?: Understanding Humor in Japanese Art" curated by Maiko Behr, Ruth and Sherman Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture for Japanese Art, April 4-June 30, 2000.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 scroll painting; 115 x 16 cm.
Form/Genre: scroll paintings
Meiji to Taisho
Maruyama School
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2m13b
CL1994.001
94-3-1
Subject: Animals
Tigers
figures (representations)
Time Period: Meiji to Taisho, Maruyama School

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