Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy New Year of the Tiger

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This is the bottom half of a huge painting titled "Mukai Tora" (Welcome Tiger)
The painting is 4.3 M high, and was painted by Sato Koetsu in 1959.
It hangs in Kokura Castle.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 31, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    Amazing powerful tiger! Happy 2010.

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  2. MrCachetJanuary 1, 2010 at 2:20 AM

    Beautiful! Too bad we can't see the other half as well! I hope you have many more surprises of the unfamiliar variety in store for us in 2010!

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  3. Monserrat sin t.January 1, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    Happy New Year to you and Yoko!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 2, 2010 at 5:03 AM

    Happy new year !!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    picture looks real to me, a happy new year to you Jake, keep on posting ya

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