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Color woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a green kimono looking at a striped tiger painted on a folding screen beside a lacquer box.

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)"

A woman in a green patterned kimono kneels before a folding screen on which a striped tiger prowls across a pale ground. She gazes up at the animal beside a small lacquered box and tray on the floor. The color woodblock print uses flat areas of green, ochre and gray with bold black outlines.

Artist
Isoda Koryusai
Date
c. 1770/72
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2230 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1777).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: Tigre, de la serie Doce signos del zodíaco a la moda

Una mujer con un kimono verde estampado se arrodilla frente a un biombo en el que un tigre rayado avanza sobre un fondo pálido. Ella mira al animal junto a una pequeña caja laqueada y una bandeja en el suelo. La estampa en color usa áreas planas de verde, ocre y gris con contornos negros marcados.

Português: Tigre, da série Doze signos do zodíaco na moda

Uma mulher de kimono verde estampado ajoelha-se diante de um biombo no qual um tigre listrado avança sobre um fundo claro. Ela olha para o animal, ao lado de uma pequena caixa laqueada e uma bandeja no chão. A gravura colorida usa áreas chapadas de verde, ocre e cinza com contornos negros marcantes.

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