十鷹書画冊, Album of Hawks and Calligraphy, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th–18th century, Japan, Album of ten paintings; ink and color on silk, Each leaf: 10 3/4 x 9 7/16 in. (27.3 x 23.9 cm), Paintings, Kano Tsunenobu (Japanese, 1636–1713), This album containing pictures of hawks—posed on boughs or rocks, awaiting their prey, and one with its prey already ensnared—was probably created for a young male member of the samurai elite, to instill appreciation for hawking and Chinese learning
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十鷹書画冊, Album, Hawks, Calligraphy, Edo period, 1615–1868, 17th–18th century, Japan, ten paintings, ink, color, silk, leaf, 10 3/4 x 9 7/16, 27.3 23.9 cm, Paintings, Kano Tsunenobu, Japanese, 1636–1713, album, containing, pictures, hawks—posed, boughs, rocks, awaiting, prey, ensnared—, created, young male, member, samurai elite, instill appreciation, hawking, Chinese learning
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