十六羅漢図合作 (Jūroku rakan zu gassaku)|Collaborative Painting of Sixteen Arhats
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on satin
Dimensions
Image: 63 3/4 in. × 26 in. (161.9 × 66 cm) Overall with mounting: 96 1/2 × 32 3/4 in. (245.1 × 83.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George Crawford, 2020
Accession Number
2020.92
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Suzuki Shōnen 鈴木松年|Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎|Murase Gyokuden 村瀬玉田|Amano Hōko 天野方壺|Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺|Ikeda Unshō 池田雲樵|Asai Hakuzan 浅井柳塘|Yamanaka Shūhan 山中秋帆|Imao Keinen 今尾景年|Murata Kōkoku 村田香谷|Morikawa Sōbun 森川曾文|Mori Kansai 森寛斎|Shiokawa Ichidō 塩川一堂|Suzuki Hyakunen 鈴木百年|Tanomura Chokunyū 田能村直入|Shige Shuntō 重春塘 · 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...