Meiji period (1868-1912), ink on paper, hanging scroll format, a dramatic painting of a dragon flying through a turbulent storm of swirling wind, inscription to lower right together with red seal, traditional Japanese mounting, ivory rollers, with tomobako wooden storage box.

DOA 63 x 26 1/4 in., Image size 21 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.

Suzuki Shonen was a major Kyoto-based Nihonga artist of the late Meiji period. The son of Suzuki Hyakunen, the founder of the Suzuki school of painting, whom he succeeded. He seems to have been a somewhat flamboyant character and was known as the “modern Soga Shohaku.”

Scattered foxing; light even overall toning.