Tiger Banner in a Grove
- Date:
- December 1895
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 37 × 23.3 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A tiger standard — the battle banner of a military commander — stands furled in a woodland grove in this December 1895 [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e), an image produced in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War with the evocative force of a symbol that has survived battle. The tiger as a martial emblem carried associations with Chinese and Korean military tradition as well as Japanese warrior imagery, and Kiyochika's composition of the banner in a grove — the fighting past but the symbol enduring — functions as both trophy and elegy for a campaign concluded.
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Tiger Banner in a Grove was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in December 1895.
Tiger Banner in a Grove depicts animals.
Tiger Banner in a Grove measures 37 × 23.3 cm (Oban format).
