Suzuki Kiitsu (1796 - 1858). Suzuki Kiitsu was a Japanese painter of the Rinpa school. A student of the famous painter Sakai Hoitsu, he was for a long time considered a minor member of Rinpa school of Japanese painting. In recent years his work has been reevaluated and gained recognition, leading to a series of major exhibitions of his art in 2016-2017 in Tokyo, Hyogo and Kyoto. Kiitsu is best known for his byobu folding screens, often a reinterpretation of screens by other Rinpa artists, such as his massive Wind God and Thunder God following Tawaraya Sotatsu, Ogata Korin and Hoitsu. But he has been most acclaimed for his original screens, including his famed Morning Glories and Mountain Stream in Summer and Autumn. He was also a notable master with many pupils. Although he was not the official successor of Hoitsu's school, he trained himself many of the Edo Rinpa artists. This has sometimes been labeled as the Kiitsu school of Edo Rinpa. Mountain Stream in Summer and Autumn is a pair of six-panel byobu folding screens made by Kiitsu using ink and color on gold-foiled paper. It depicts a scene of mountain streams flowing through cypress groves highlighted by lilies and a cherry tree with a few red autumn leaves but the effect of the screens has been described as somehow strangely unreal and a feeling of almost hyperrealism. Another features noted in relation with Korin's Irises screens includethe rhythmical feel of the motifs and the brilliance of the blues and greens against the gold ground. The work shows influence of Tawaraya Sotatsu, Ogata Korin and Sakai Hoitsu and has been described as one of the great masterpieces of Rinpa painting. Mountain Stream in Summer and Autumn. Each screen measures 165.8 by 363.2 centimeters. They belong to the Nezu Museum in Tokyo, where they are exhibited occasionally. Wind God and Thunder God is a pair of four sliding doors made using color on silk. It depicts Raijin, the god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology, and Fujin, the god of wind. The work follows a Rinpa tradition of copying and reworking Sotatsu's original Wind God and Thunder God screen. In addition to Kiitsu, both Korin and Hoitsu made notable versions of the work. All previous interpretations of the work use the format of two two-folded screens, making Kiitsu's use of eight sliding doors stand out. Wind God and Thunder God. The doors measure 168.0 by 115.5 centimeters each, and belong to the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. It was last exhibited from January 3 to February 19, 2017 at the Hosomi Museum in Kyoto. Moon with Bush Clovers is a pair of two sliding doors made using color on silk. The work represents a scene of nature with bush clovers and an abstracted moon. Similar in style and color to the Wind God and Thunder God doors, it also belongs to the Rinpa tradition of folding screens with images of nature. In particular, it resembles Hoitsu's Autumn Flowers and Moon screens. The doors measure 168.8 by 68.5 centimeters each, and belong to the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. It was last exhibited from July 28 to August 26, 2017 at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa. It is also notable his contribution to Sakai Hoitsu's influential compendium of Rinpa art One Hundred Paintings by Korin.