Image is an example from the Art Institute of Chicago
OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768)
This print is a re-engraving of one by Masanobu representing the first Segawa Kikunojo as Osome and Sodesaki Kikutaro as Hisamatsu (Buckingham Collection). The only differences aside from the coloring, which in both was done by hand, is that the faces of the actors have been redrawn and the mon of the later men substituted for those appearing in the earlier print which was probably issued not long after Kikunojo came to Edo in 1730. This print is perhaps a year or two later. Whether Masanobu had anything to do with this one is an interesting question.
Hoso-e. Urushi-e. Not signed.
Purchaser: Frederick W. Gookin
Price: $55.00