A spectacular painting of a hawk in pine by Suzuki Keisho dating from the early Taisho period. Ink and light color on silk enclosed in a box dated 1913. Framed in the Mincho style popular in the later Meiji, lavender-gray satin border with copper piping and large rosewood rollers. It is 101.5 x 214 cm (40 inches x 7 feet).
Suzuki Keisho (1873-) was born in Utsunomiya city. He studied and exhibited with Araki Kanbo and his Dokugakai in Ueno, as well as being exhibited at the Paris Worlds Fair (Exposition).
