# The White Falcon

- By: Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, active about 1764-1788)
- Date: 1780
- Medium: Color woodblock print; ishizuri-e
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 88.8 × 29.5 cm (35 × 11 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59200)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/50853095-4e01-c0e1-8065-306649f74c36/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Isoda Koryūsai was catering to the tastes of warriors, who used falcons for hunting, when he designed this image of a proud white falcon set against a solid black background. The print’s large size is reminiscent of the more formal hanging-scroll paintings typically collected by the samurai class. It is one of the few hand-colored prints the artist made using a complex technique that mimics stone rubbing.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0