Tiger Emerging from Bamboo, early 18th century, Kano Tsunenobu, Japanese, 1636 - 1713, 58 1/2 x 55 in. ( x cm) (image)108 1/2 x 63 in. ( x cm) (without roller), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, Tigers as a subject for painting became popular among Japanese artists as early as the 15th century when Chinese examples were brought to Japan. Within Zen monasteries, they became symbols of the earthbound spirit and were often paired with images of dragons, emblems of the soaring enlightened spirit.

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