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Sesson Shūkei

Dragon and Tiger

c. 1546–56
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
172.3 × 354 cm (67.8 × 139.4 in)

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This pair of screens is considered the masterpiece of Sesson's body of work, and may have been created for the lord of Odawara in eastern Japan.

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