Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Hand Painted Tiger Snow Moon Taisho Showa 78"L Painting its layered foliage contrasting with

its layered foliage contrasting with the vertical striations used to define the mountain’s slopes

He wears a formal black haori over layered robes in black

Signed in pencil lower left Y

It is signed by the Japanese Meiji era maker

The rounded body is well balanced

Antique Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Hand Painted Tiger Snow Moon Taisho Showa 78"L Painting its layered foliage contrasting withJapanese kakejiku hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, roaring tiger in snow with moon (Setch Mko zu), with original wooden storage box, Taish to early Shwa period Japan; Taish to early Shwa period, c. 1910s1930s A powerful and handsomely executed kakejiku () depicting a roaring tiger stalking through a snowstorm one of the most commanding subjects in East Asian painting. The tiger occupies the center of the composition in three quarter view, head