Utagawa Toyokuni II (二代目歌川豊国) (artist 1777 – 1835)
Tiger and bamboo
ca 1826 – 1830
11 in x 30.6 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Gosotei Toyokuni hitsu
後素亭豊國筆
Artist's seal in red: Toyokuni (豊國)
Publisher : Yamamotoya Heikichi
(Marks 595 - seal 04-007)
Censer : kiwame
Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago There is some gauffrage in the white fur seen below the tiger's head.
Yamamotoya Heikichi (山本屋平吉) (publisher)
Kakemono-e - 掛物絵 (genre)