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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

Tani Bunchō, Tiger Family and Magpies, 1807 (Bunka 4, 12th month, 18th day), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Charlotte Wayne and Richard Wayne in memory of Lenore Wayne, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

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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