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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePortrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei, 1776. Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710–1786), Sando Hyosho (Japanese). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.89.1
