A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight

Art Institute of Chicago

A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight

Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I

Date
c. 1715
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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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Object type
AAT300041273

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