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The son of Suzuki Hyakunen, a Kyoto artist who worked in the Shijo
and Nanga styles, Suzuki Shonen started his training at a tender age
and became head of the Northern Division of the Kyoto Prefecture
Painting School in 1881, when he was only 32. His career prospered
and he went on to win prizes at many later-Meiji-era domestic and
international exhibitions, including the first Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai
(Domestic Industrial Promotion Exhibition, 1877), the first Naikoku
Kaiga Kyoshinkai (Domestic Painting Competitive Exhibition, 1882),
the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago (1893), and the Paris
Exposition Universelle (1900).
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