Okumura Masanobu
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Lot 11. THE FASCINATION OF BEAUTY
OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768) A cooper engaged in repairing a cistern on the roof of a house is so overcome by the charm of a woman washing clothes in the yard of the adjoining house that he has lost his balance and is falling down and over a wall to land by…
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Lot 12. SANJO KANTARO AS OSOME; ICHIKAWA KANNOSUKE AS HISAMATSU
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…
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Lot 13. FUGA ONNA SHUTENDOJI
Image is an example from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston OKUMURA MASANOBU (B. about 1685, d. 1768) A Female Shutendoji. A parody of the legend of the “Great Drunkard Boy” or demon robber who lived in a fortified dwelling in Oeyama and terrorized the surrounding country until Yorimitsu, otherwise known as Raiko, and his…
