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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei

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: Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei
  • Creator: Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710-1786), Sando Hyosho (Japanese)
  • Date Created: 1776
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 187.9 x 55.9 cm (74 x 22 in.); Painting only: 96.5 x 38.3 cm (38 x 15 1/16 in.)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.89.1
  • Medium: hanging scroll; 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: 1999.89.1
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