A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight
c. 1715
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e
Dimensions
56 × 28.5 cm (22 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19165
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This work is one of a group of several prints of fierce, proud, and powerful birds of prey signed by or attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I. Many of the designs are similar to those appearing in The Clenched Fist, a book on falconry published in 1687.
About the Artist
Torii Kiyomasu I · 1696–1716
Torii Kiyomasu I was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist working in the early eighteenth century, closely associated with the Torii school, one of the most important lineages in the history of Japanese woodblock printmaking. The Torii school was founded by Torii Kiyonobu, and Kiyomasu I is believed to have been either his son or a close pupil — the precise family relationship remains a matter of scholarly d...