Dragon and Tiger

Original Language Title龍虎図屏風

Artist Kano Tan'yū (Japanese, 1602 - 1674)

DateEdo period (1615-1868)

MediumSix-fold screen; ink on paper

DimensionsOverall: 61 × 141 inches (154.94 × 358.14 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number58-48/2

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionOne of a pair of six-fold screensGallery Label

Gallery Label

Samurai were members of the powerful Japanese warrior class from the 1100s until their decline in the 1800s. This respected class studied Confucian ethics, supported religious institutions, and commissioned grand works of art. Paintings like Dragon and Tiger from the eminent Kanō school, on display here, exhibit the samurai’s status and authority.

Provenance

With Mr. Ōkōchi Masatoshi, Tokyo, before August, 1952.

With Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, Japan ,by 1958;

Purchased from Mayuyama & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

Published References

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 365.

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), no.41, 392.

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