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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Torii Kiyomasu I
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Title
- A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1710–1718
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Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e
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Dimensions
- 56 × 28.5 cm (22 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1925.1734
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/19165/manifest.json