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Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-Bearer of the Edo Rimpa School September 10 to October 30, Suntory Museum of Art Suzuki Kiitsu: Standard-bearer of the Edo Rimpa School September 10 to October 30, Suntory Museum of Art 9/10 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ No. Title Artist Period Collection 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/30 The 1st gallery 1 Morning Glories Tawaraya S ōri Mid Edo period (18th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 3 Podocarpus and Autumn Grasses Sakai H ōitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto Painting by Sakai H ōitsu, 4 Cherry Tree and Whistling Thrush inscription by Kameda Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto Ry ōrai 5 Cypress with Small Bird in the Snow Sakai H ōitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 6 White Lotus Hanging scroll Sakai H ōitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 8 Autumn Grasses and Small Birds Suzuki Reitan Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 10 Daikokuten (Skt. Maha-kala) Suzuki Reitan Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 11 Daikokuten (Skt. Maha-kala) Suzuki Reitan 1816 (Bunka 13) Private Collection 12 Fan-shaped Painting with White Roses Suzuki Reitan Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 13 Fan-shaped Painting with Loquat Suzuki Reitan Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Painting by Suzuki 14 Fan-shaped Painting with Wisteria Reitan, inscription by Private Collection Sakai H ōitsu Fan-shaped Painting with White Camellia 15 Suzuki Reitan Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection and Raku Tea Bowl Painting by Suzuki Private Collection Reitan, Suzuki Kiitsu, 19 New Year Ornaments 1816 (Bunka 13) (Deposited at Adachi City and others, inscription by Museum, Tokyo) Sakai H ōitsu 20 Green Maple Leaves with Birds Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Painting by Suzuki Itabashi Art Museum, 21 Butterfly with Peony Kiitsu, inscription by Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo Kitamura Kibun Painting by Suzuki 22 Divine Mount Fuji Kiitsu, inscription by 1822 (Bunsei 5) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto Sakai H ōitsu Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Painting by Suzuki Art; Promised Gift from the 23 Frog on a Lotus Leaf Kiitsu, inscription by Ōta Late Edo period (19th century) Fishbein-Bender Collection, Nampo (Shokusanjin) Promised Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender Painting by Suzuki 24 Courtesan Reading a Letter Kiitsu, inscription by Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto Sakai H ōitsu Painting by Suzuki 25 Gen-zammi Yorimasa Kiitsu, inscription by Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Sakai H ōitsu Painting by Suzuki Ōta Memorial Museum 28 Fan Painting with Willow Kiitsu, inscription by Late Edo period (19th century) of Art, Tokyo Sakai H ōitsu Fan-shaped Painting with Cherries 29 Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto Blossoming Out of Season The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Sakai Ho- itsu, Suzuki Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. Kiitsu, Tani Bunch ō, C. Packard, and Purchase, Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy 30 Watanabe Kazan, and 1820 (Bunsei 3) Fletcher, Rogers, Harris for the Third Year of the Bunsei Era sixty-five others Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.133) 31 Yoshiwara Ōmon Gate Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 32 Cranes Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) The Feinberg Collection 34 Posthumous Portrait of H ōitsu Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 35 Mount Inari Suzuki Kiitsu 1831 (Temp ō 2) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 36 Initiation into Secret Music on Mount Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Copy of Kishisaiyu- Nikki Original by Suzuki Original: 1833 (Temp ō 4) Kyoto University Library, Page change 37 (Diary of Travels around Western Japan Kiitsu, copy by Suzuki Copy: Early Meiji period (19th Tanimura Bunko Collection in 1833) Shuitsu century) Funatsu Hideko Ko-rin Hyakuzu (One Hundred Paintings Page change 39 Sakai H ōitsu c. 1815 (Bunka 12) (Deposited at Adachi City by Ko-rin) Museum, Tokyo) Ko-rin Hyakuzu (One Hundred Paintings Sakai H ōitsu, reprinted National Institute of Page change 40 Late Edo period (19th century) by Ko-rin) by Suziki Kiitsu Japanese Literature, Tokyo The Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses and 41 Suzuki Kiitsu 1835 (Temp ō 6) Private Collection Japanese Cypresses 42 Mountain Stream in Summer and Autumn Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Nezu Museum, Tokyo 43 Bush Clover and Moon Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo Fuji Art Museum 44 Wind God and Thunder God Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo Fuji Art Museum 45 Pines and Waves Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 46 Matsushima Pair of sliding doors Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) The Feinberg Collection 9/10 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ No. Title Artist Period Collection 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/30 47 Matsushima Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 49 Ducks by Water’s Edge Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 50 5Field of Pampas Grass Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Chiba City Museum of Art Painting by Suzuki Okada Museum of Art, 51 Magnolia with Bird Kiitsu, inscription by Late Edo period (19th century) Kanagawa Takebe Masaatsu Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 53 Wisteria Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 55 Garden Vegetables and Insects Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo 56 Sakuramachi Ch ūnagon Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Chiba City Museum of Art Fan-shaped Painting of Otogoze (Flat- 58 Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection faced Woman) 61 Ascending Dragon Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 62 Herdboy Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 63 Birds Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection White Camellia with Raku Tea Bowl 65 Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection (From Shoka Yoriai Shogaj ō ) 145 Noh Play Okina Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 146 Noh Play Takasago Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Ky ōgen Play Hakuz ōsu, Safflower, 147 Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo National Museum Mirabilis Jalapa 148 Noh Play Sh ōjō Dance Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Tokyo National Museum 149 Hanging Bell in the Noh Play Dōjōji Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 150 Noh Play Dōjōji Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 151 Noh Play Kikujid ō Suzuki Kiitsu 1856 (Ansei 3) Private Collection 154 Akasagarbha Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) The Feinberg Collection 155 Shaka Triad and the Sixteen Protectors Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 156 Vaishravana Suzuki Kiitsu 1854 (Kaei 7) Private Collection 157 Byakue (White-robed) Kannon Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 159 Mah ā śrī Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 160 New Year’s Sights Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Hosomi Museum, Kyoto 183 Evening Moon in Summer with Water Rail Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Suzuki Kiitsu and Suzuki Okada Museum of Art, 185 Moon with Autumn Plants Late Edo period (19th century) Shuitsu Kanagawa 186 Autumn Plants with Moon Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 187 The Thirty-Six Poetic Geniuses Suzuki Kiitsu 1845 (K ōka 2) Tokyo Toyama Memorial Museum, 188 Narihira’s Journey to the East Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Saitama National Institute of Scene change 192 Letters Written by Suzuki Kiitsu Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Japanese Literature, Tokyo 193 A Letter Written by Suzuki Kiitsu Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection 194 Print of Dogtooth Violets Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Painting by Suzuki Funatsu Hideko Prints of Kog ō no Tsubone and Minamoto 195 Kiitsu, poem by T ōkōsha Late Edo period (19th century) (Deposited at Adachi City no Nakakuni Beiin and Sekiya Rigen Museum, Tokyo) Sakai H ōitsu, copy by Original (enlarged edition): Adachi City Museum, Funatsu Bun’en, 196 Copy of Tory ō no gi c.1815 (Bunka 12) Tokyo (Funatsu Family illustrated by Suzuki Copy: 1833 (Temp ō 4) Documents) Kiitsu Funatsu Hideko 197 Order Book Funatsu Bun’en c.1832-39 (Temp ō 3 to 10) (Deposited at Adachi City Museum, Tokyo) Bunr ō Asajiu, selected by University of Tokyo, Kurokawa Harumura and Faculty of Letters, Page change 198 Kōsōshiroku Murata Motonari, 1835 (Temp ō 6) Department of Japanese illustrated by Suzuki Literature Kiitsu Selected by Murata Motonari and Bunr ō Chiba City Museum of Art, Page change Page change 199 Ry ūkash ū Asajiu, illustrated by 1837 (Temp ō 8) Ravicz Collection Suzuki Kiitsu and Murakata Ōmi Nagayama Choen, Chiba City Museum of Art, 200 Gishi sh ōzō sanshi illustrated by Suzuki 1850 (Kaei 3) Ravicz Collection Kiitsu, and others Drafted by Kary ūen, Print of Shinsen Kary ū Hyakunin’isshu inscription by Nishimura 201 c.1845 (K ōka 2) Sekisui Museum, Mie Bosh ū Myakuan, illustrated by Suzuki Kiitsu The 2nd gallery Fan Painting with Cherry Tree and Gingko 64 Suzuki Kiitsu Late Edo period (19th century) Private Collection Tree Late Edo period to early Meiji 111 Autumn Maple and Cherry Leaves Suzuki Shuitsu Hosomi Museum, Kyoto period (19th century) Fan Painting with Gabion with Flowing Late Edo period to early Meiji Ōta Memorial Museum of 112 Suzuki Shuitsu Water period (19th century) Art, Tokyo Late Edo period to early Meiji Ōta Memorial Museum of 113 Fan Painting with Willow with Hazy Moon Suzuki Shuitsu period (19th century) Art, Tokyo 9/10 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ No.
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