Yôkyô Confronting The Tiger Pocket Square

Yôkyô Confronting The Tiger, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843 - 1847

• 100% Silk
• Hand Rolled
• Designed and Printed in England
• 42cm x 42cm

The depiction of tigers in Japanese prints usually attributes to them a menacing and ferocious attitude, such as seen here - the tiger is about to jump over a raging torrent to attack an elderly man. His young daughter intervenes, placing herself between the oversized tiger and her father. The tiger recognises the girl's self-sacrifice and rewards her filial piety by sparing both of them.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798- 1861) was one of the last great masters of the ukiyo-e genre, and was mostly known for portrayals of famous samurai and legendary heroes. In his art, he was able to represent a sense of action in the samurai’s faces and behaviour, often depicted in combat. Kuniyoshi also made prints of more traditional subjects such as landscapes, or bijin-ga - a term to describe pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art.

 

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