Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I
Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?)
A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight
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Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I
Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?)c. 1715
A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight
Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?) →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
c. 1715
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e
Dimensions
56 × 28.5 cm (22 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
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.
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