Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei

1776

hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

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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