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“The Tiger of Ryōkoku,” from the series True Scenes by Hirokage

Utagawa Hirokage

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of a large tiger's head emerging from the right side with its mouth around a rooster. The tiger has a beige base color with rounded black spots and a gray snout. The rooster has a red comb and wattles, with yellow, green, and red feathers. The background is dark brown to black, with a cream-colored border and a small beige rectangle in the top left corner containing Japanese text. A red rectangle with Japanese text is in the bottom left corner.

Artwork details

Date:
8th month, 1860
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
432 × 625 px
Museum record:
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