Tiger
Jujoen
1866
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions
11.5 × 36.8 cm (4 9/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42658
About the Artist
Jujoen · 1827–1906
Jujoen (1827–1906), also known by the signature Issen, was a Japanese poet and painter active during the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Little is known about his early life, which remains not well documented, though he emerged as a versatile artist blending poetry and visual art in the tradition of surimono—deluxe, privately commissioned woodblock prints often produced for poetic circles or New...