1843
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
二十四孝童子鑑 楊香|Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kagami) is a 1843 ink by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Romanticism work, depicting Tiger, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The painting depicts a scene with a tiger, a tree, and two people. The tiger is positioned on the left side, while the tree is located on the right. The two individuals are situated near the tree, with one person wearing a red garment and the other dressed in yellow. In the background, there are mountains visible behind the tree. The overall atmosphere of the painting appears to be one of tension, as the tiger seems to be approaching the two people. This painting is reminiscent of the work of artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Kuniyoshi grew up in old Tokyo when the city was still called Edo. His dad ran a silk shop, but Kuniyoshi loved anything with pictures—scrolls, screens, comic books. He talked his way into the Utagawa school, a kind of…
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