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Subject:tiger painting on silk
Posted By: kerrie fearby Sat, Mar 02, 2013 IP: 180.181.225.133
Would love some information on this finely painted tiger on silk. My dad brought it back from Japan in 1947.







Subject:Re: tiger painting on silk
Posted By: Roger Wed, Mar 06, 2013
Kerrie:
This typical of tiger paintings on silk which were sold unframed from the stalls along the Ginza in Tokyo after the war. The ferocity and brillaint colors of the generic tigers made them very attractive souvenirs and rolled, were easy to transport. I confess That I bought two large ones in 1950, had them mounted in massive, mahonagny frames when I got home, and they still hang in the family home in California. Although I have traveled to Tokyo twice a year for the past 30 years, I no longer see these paintings for sale.

Subject:Re: tiger painting on silk
Posted By: kerrie Wed, Mar 06, 2013
Were these actual paintings or prints, do you know? also do you know who the artist was. I love all the artwork my dad brought home from japan and would never part with them. He passed on a great love of the japanese people.

Subject:Re: tiger painting on silk
Posted By: Roger Thu, Mar 07, 2013
These are all original paintings, probably by young atrists trained specifically to do tigers. Other paintings on silk included tiger cubs, Geishas, cherry blossoms, etc. Since they were available in many of the stalls along the Ginza at that time, they may have been turned out by a school of artists using generic marks.

Subject:Re: tiger painting on silk
Posted By: Kerrie Fearby Sat, Mar 09, 2013
Thank you for your help Roger much appreciated

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Subject:Re: tiger painting on silk
Posted By: Meg Sun, Aug 18, 2013
I have one very similar that my dad brought back from Japan when he was in the Jayforce, from New Zealand. Just after the war on peace keeping mission. I thought it was the same painting, that is how similar they look.

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