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Tani Bunchō
Tiger Family and Magpies1807 (Bunka 4, 12th month, 18th day)

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Hanging scroll painting, tiger with cubs on a rocky ledge beneath a pine tree, ink and color on paper, with two birds perched above in gray-green branches
Artist or Maker
Tani Bunchō
Japan, 1763-1840
Title
Tiger Family and Magpies
Date Made
1807 (Bunka 4, 12th month, 18th day)
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 61 15/16 × 33 3/4 in. (157.3 × 85.7 cm) Mount: 87 3/8 × 40 7/8 in. (222 × 103.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charlotte Wayne and Richard Wayne in memory of Lenore Wayne
Accession Number
M.2016.155
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2015-2016: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 67, no.2 (2018): 290-292.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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