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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei

1776

Tsukioka Settei 月岡 雪鼎

(Japanese, 1710–1786)
inscription by

Sando Hyosho

(Japanese)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1999.89.1
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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.
A vertical hanging scroll depicts Samurai-Official Hirai Kyosei, a man with light skin tone seated cross-legged and looking to our right. Dense black calligraphy fills the scroll's upper half, contrasting with the plain, light-brown silk background below. He wears a dark kimono under a wide-shouldered, brownish-purple vest with white crests. A folded fan rests before him, while black signatures and red seals mark the left side.

Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei

1776

Tsukioka Settei, Sando Hyosho

(Japanese, 1710–1786), (Japanese)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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