Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
187.9 × 55.9 cm · painting only: 96.5 × 38.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1999.89.1
Tags
gender unknownmale
About this artwork
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.