Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Tiger on Cliff Nihonga Ink Color Signed 73"L Shin-Hanga and handling wear to the

and handling wear to the box

The carving is intricately carved in Chinese yumu (a type of elm) wood

Viewed from the shade of the sanmon gate

and fired and polished multiple times to a flush

Weight = 16lbs 8oz

Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Tiger on Cliff Nihonga Ink Color Signed 73"L Shin-Hanga and handling wear to theJapanese kakejiku hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, roaring tiger on rocky outcrop nihonga style naturalistic painting, signed and sealed, Taish to early Shwa period Japan; Taish to early Shwa period, c. 1910s1930s A technically accomplished kakejiku () depicting a roaring tiger crouching on a rocky cliff, painted in the meticulous nihonga manner with ink and mineral pigments on paper. The tiger occupies the full width of the composition head