DATA

Artist:

Kano Eitoku (right screen)
Kano Tsunenobu (left screen)

Historical era:

Momoyama period, 16th century (right screen)
Edo period, 17th century (left screen)

Material:

printed, gold on washi paper

Medium:

Pair of six-fold screens

Size:

right screen: H 223.6 x W 451.8 cm
left screen: H 224.0 x W 453.5 cm

[Original]

Current Collection:

Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan

Material:

Ink, color, and gold on washi paper

DESCRIPTION

The right screen is famous as the confirmatory work of Kano Eitoku(1543-90), a master of the Momoyama art world, indentified by its colophon by Kano Tan'yu. There is no doubt that this is by Eitoku because of the impressive and valiant depiction of imposing tigers striding among rocks with strong brushwork in spite of simple composition. The left screen was painted to match the right by Kano Tsunenobu(1636-1713) afterward, and the two were passed down to the present as a pair. -Cited from website of Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan