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Aged Pine
Nakayama Kōyō (Japanese, 1717–1780)
1717–80
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Image: 89.8 x 28 cm (35 3/8 x 11 in.); Overall: 162.5 x 40.7 cm (64 x 16 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
The ancient pine is an admired subject in Asian painting and symbolizes the desirable human qualities of wisdom and solid moral character.
