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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei

1776

attributed to Tsukioka Settei 月岡 雪鼎

(Japanese, 1710–1786)
inscription by

Jogen

(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 35.5 cm (38 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1999.89.2
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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.
A hanging scroll depicts a portrait of Hirai Rinsei, a man with light skin tone seated turned slightly to our left, cross-legged. He wears a wide-shouldered blue patterned garment over a black robe with a sword tucked into his waist. Rinsei has a partially shaved head and a small topknot. Above him, vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy fill the top half of the vertically oriented composition against a beige background.

Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei

1776

Tsukioka Settei, Jogen

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

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