Asai Ryuto
【Tiger howling under a pine tree】
Art Work name
Tiger howling under a pine tree
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 44 × H 116 cm (Image) ・ W 53 × H 191 cm (Mount)
Condition: slightly damaged / slightly damaged on the box
Artist History
Asai Ryuto was nanga artist of the late Edo and Meiji periods. Born in Awa. He first studied the Shijo school of painting under Dodo Konen, then Taniguchi Aizan, and Nanga under Nukina Kaioku. Later, he traveled to Nagasaki and studied landscape painting under Kinoshita Itsuun and others. He also excelled in poetry and calligraphy. He died in 1907 at the age of 66.