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This paper investigates the tiger paintings of Joseon artist Lee Won-chan (李元粲, ?~?), a 17th-century painter. Three of his paintings remain, and they all depict the tiger. His tiger paintings are displayed in Korea at the Korea National Maritime Museum, in Japan at the Osaka Museum of History in Japan, and in Germany at the Museum of Asia Berlin Germany. This is the first paper to research these three tiger paintings by Lee Won-chan and introduce them to academic circles. There are three brief but important clues about Lee Won-chan’s tiger paintings in Gohwabigo (Volumes 50-51), which were published in Japan in the 19th century during the Edo period and in Joseonseohwajeon. First, the records mention similarities in the style of painting between Lee Won-chan and Lee Am (李巖, 1507∼1566), who was a painter for the royal family of Joseon in the 16th century. Second, silk was used for his tiger paintings. Third, records recognize Lee Woo-chan’s paintings as Korean paintings. Chapter II compares the paintings by Lee Am, who usually painted dogs and cats, with the tiger paintings by Lee Won-chan, establishing a basis for their similarities in style as mentioned in Joseonseohwajeon. Chapter III offers details about how his tiger paintings were kept in Korea, Japan and Germany, compares the tiger paintings in these three countries with the records stating that they were painted on silk in Joseonseohwajeon and analyzes them in size and Janghwang conditions. Chapter IV expects future efforts to supplement and examine his tiger paintings that are recognized as Korean paintings. His work includes Tiger Painting housed at the Osaka Museum of History in Japan, which was the first known to Korean and Japanese researchers, another depicting a roaring tiger housed at the Korea National Maritime Museum and designated as No. 208 of Busan Metropolitan City’s Tangible Cultural Asset in 2019, and the last depicting a tiger licking his front paw housed at the Museum of Asia Berlin Germany. His tiger paintings from these three countries were compared and analyzed in pictorial characteristics. Lee Won-chan’s “Hodo” study will be divided into the background of tigers and tigers. If this article contains a history of research on tigers, the next paper will discuss the background surrounding tigers. And based on this, we will establish future research projects.