Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Tiger on Cliff Nihonga Ink Color Signed 73"L Shin-Hanga Viewed from the shade of

Viewed from the shade of the sanmon gate

The lid opens by pushing the side button and simultaneously pulling up on the top handle

but modern versions use electric heaters

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

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Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Tiger on Cliff Nihonga Ink Color Signed 73"L Shin-Hanga Viewed from the shade ofJapanese 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