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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.

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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