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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei

Tsukioka Settei · 1776

Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei by Tsukioka Settei: In this pair of figure paintings, the artist provided generational portraits of two clan leaders from…

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In Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai Rinsei by Tsukioka Settei, start with classical, portrait, figurative. Then look closely at this museum-described detail: 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…

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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.

Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
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