Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Tiger Drinking from a Stream

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Tiger Drinking from a Stream,

October 1761

Kumashiro Yūhi 熊代 熊斐, 1713–1772; born Nagasaki, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2023-53

Information

Title
Tiger Drinking from a Stream
Dates

October 1761

Maker
Kumashiro Yūhi 熊代 熊斐
Medium
Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold pigment on silk
Dimensions
128.3 × 45.7 cm (50 1/2 × 18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sebastian Izzard in honor of Cary Y. Liu, Class of 1978 and Graduate School Class of 1997
Object Number
2023-53
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: cyclically dated Kanoe tatsu yoga (tenth month 1761) Shūkō sha
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, hanging scrolls
Subject
tigers

Purchased by [Sebastian Izzard ] in Japan, 2010; collection of Sebastian Izzard, 2010–2023; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2023.

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