Aged Pine
Nakayama Kōyō (Japanese, 1717–1780)
1717–1780
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 89.8 x 28 cm (35 3/8 x 11 in.); Overall: 162.5 x 40.7 cm (64 x 16 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
The ancient pine is an admired subject in Asian painting and symbolizes the desirable human qualities of wisdom and solid moral character.