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Some painting from my kakemono collection (only tigers)

Interesting to know that until a certain year the Japanese had never seen real tigers and therefore drew them somewhat like cartoons. Some artists purchased stuffed tiger skins or managed to see them abroad in Korea, probably during military campaigns. According to some, live tigers arrived with a circus in the Edo era. Finally, tigers were often portrayed alone or with dragons, each animal having a precise symbolic meaning. Surely someone is more expert than me but I wrote what I knew from books.

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