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Torii Kiyomasu I

A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight

c. 1715
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e
56 × 28.5 cm (22 × 11.2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This work is one of a group of several prints of fierce, proud, and powerful birds of prey signed by or attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I. Many of the designs are similar to those appearing in The Clenched Fist , a book on falconry published in 1687.

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