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Dragon and Tiger
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About this work
In Chinese cosmology, the tiger's roar is said to produce wind. In Chinese paintings, the tiger is often shown with a dragon, who creates rain clouds. Together, they represent the balancing forces of the universe. Chinese presentations of the theme, often in hanging scroll format, provided the basic composition for the pair of screens to which this one belongs.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDragon and Tiger (龍虎図屏風), c. 1546–56. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper; painting: 157.3 x 339 cm (61 15/16 x 133 7/16 in.); framed: 172.3 x 354 cm (67 13/16 x 139 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1959.136.2
