There were three generations of hawk picture painters in Tsuruga in the early Edo period and their pictures were valued highly as 'Chobei hawks' or 'Tsuruga hawks'.
敦賀には江戸時代の初期に三代にわたる鷹絵師がおり、「長兵衛鷹」「敦賀鷹」として珍重されていた。