Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei

Description

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.

Provenance

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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei

Tsukioka Settei

1776

Accession Number

1999.89.2

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Overall: 187.9 x 55.9 cm (74 x 22 in.); Painting only: 96.5 x 35.5 cm (38 x 14 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund