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Suzuki Kiitsu
Isle of the Immortals19th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll painting on dark ground with pale gold rocky islands rising from stylized waves, two white cranes in flight above, pine trees at the summit
Hanging scroll depicting rolling ocean waves in gold and dark brown, with a cresting wave and whitecaps at upper left; vertical column of blue Japanese calligraphy at center and a red seal below.

Suzuki Kiitsu, Isle of the Immortals, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Kochukyo in Honor of the Opening of the Pavilion for Japanese Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Suzuki Kiitsu
Japan, 1796-1858
Title
Isle of the Immortals
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; gold on indigo dyed silk
Dimensions
Image: 42 1/4 × 14 in. (107.32 × 35.56 cm) Mount: 73 3/8 × 19 1/4 in. (186.37 × 48.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kochukyo in Honor of the Opening of the Pavilion for Japanese Art
Accession Number
M.88.186
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Tadashi, Kobayashi. Rimpa Painting: Landscapes, Birds and Animals. Kyoto, Japan: Shikosha Publishing Co., Ltd., 1991.
  • Gluckman, Dale Carolyn and Sharon Sadako Takeda et al. When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992.
  • Kono, Motoaki. Suzuki Kiitsu: Rinpa o koeta isai. Tokyo: Tokyo Bijutsu, 2015.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.