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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei
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(1615-1868)
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Overall: 187.9 x 55.9 cm (74 x 22 in.); Painting only: 96.5 x 35.5 cm (38 x 14 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.89.2
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.