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Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei

1776

Sando Hyosho

(Japanese)

Tsukioka Settei 月岡 雪鼎

(Japanese, 1710–1786)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1999.89
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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.
Two vertically oriented hanging scrolls in ink and color on silk depict Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei seated cross-legged. Kyosei, on the left, has a shaved head and wears purple-brown wide-shouldered robes. On the right, Rinsei wears a blue patterned robe. Both men have light skin tones and face each other. Dense Japanese calligraphy and red seals fill the upper half of the scrolls, contrasting with the pale, aged silk.

Pair of Portraits of Samurai-Officials: Hirai Kyosei and Hirai Rinsei

1776

Sando Hyosho, Tsukioka Settei

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

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