鈴木松年筆 老松図屏風|Aged Pines
late 19th century
Medium
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on gold-leaf
Dimensions
Image (each): 68 1/16 in. x 12 ft. 1 3/16 in. (172.9 x 368.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The B. D. G. Leviton Foundation Gift, 2003
Accession Number
2003.317.1, .2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Suzuki Shōnen 鈴木松年 · 1849–1918
**Suzuki Shōnen (鈴木松年, 1848–1918)** was a prominent Kyoto-based Nihonga painter of the Meiji period, renowned for his dynamic landscapes, pine tree compositions, and figural works. Born in Kyoto as the son of the painter Suzuki Hyakunen, he inherited his father’s studio and reputation. Hyakunen had founded the Suzuki school and worked in the Shijō and Nanga styles; Shōnen continued and expanded th...