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Portrait of Samurai-Official: Hirai KyoseiHirai Kyosei

Tsukioka Settei

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a seated man in traditional Japanese clothing. The man is balding with a shaved head and wears a black kimono with gold trim and a brown hakama. The hakama has a circular emblem on each shoulder. He sits cross-legged with his right hand raised to his mouth. The background of the image is beige with black Japanese calligraphy in the upper half. The calligraphy is arranged in columns. There are red seals on the left and right sides of the image. A green and gold patterned border runs along the top and bottom edges.

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368 × 900 px
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