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Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei

Tsukioka Settei1776

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

In this pair of figure paintings, the artist provided generational portraits of two clan leaders from the Hirai family, accompanied by lengthy inscriptions in a distinctive calligraphic style from separate scholar-officials.

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  • Title: Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei
  • Creator: Sando Hyosho (Japanese), Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710-1786)
  • Date Created: 1776
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.89
  • Medium: hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
  • Accession Number: 1999.89
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