The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

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

1776
Location: Not on view

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.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.89