The Dragon Sings, The Tiger Roars
Nukina Kaioku, Japanese, 1778 - 1863
Geography:
Made in Japan, Asia
Period:
Edo Period (1615-1868)Date:
c. 1850Medium:
Ink on paper; mounted as a two-fold screenDimensions:
64 1/2 x 66 1/4 inches (163.8 x 168.3 cm) framedCuratorial Department:
East Asian ArtObject Location:
1992-13-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the George W.B. Taylor Fund, and with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Watanabe, funds (by exchange) from the Blanchard Fund and the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, and with gifts (by exchange) of Mrs. Frank Thorne Patterson, Mrs. Harald Paumgarten, the Simon A. Stern Collection, Mrs. David Townsend in memory of her husband, and Mrs. Albert Weimer, 1992
Made in Japan, Asia
Period:
Edo Period (1615-1868)Date:
c. 1850Medium:
Ink on paper; mounted as a two-fold screenDimensions:
64 1/2 x 66 1/4 inches (163.8 x 168.3 cm) framedCuratorial Department:
East Asian ArtObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1992-13-1Credit Line:
Purchased with the George W.B. Taylor Fund, and with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. Watanabe, funds (by exchange) from the Blanchard Fund and the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, and with gifts (by exchange) of Mrs. Frank Thorne Patterson, Mrs. Harald Paumgarten, the Simon A. Stern Collection, Mrs. David Townsend in memory of her husband, and Mrs. Albert Weimer, 1992
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The painter and calligrapher Nukina Kaioku was a leading Confucian scholar in Kyoto, Japan. Here he uses his favorite calligraphic style, the semi-cursive, for the kanji (Chinese characters) appearing on each panel of this screen: "dragon sings" on the right and "tiger roars" on the left. The characters for tiger and dragon stand in for the usual physical depictions of the beasts, which are commonly paired on East Asian screens. Kaioku also adds a sense of sound to the visual play by adding the characters for "roar" and "sing," inviting the viewer to participate in the creative process by supplying his own visual and audial images for the two creatures.
