Artwork
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Untitled is an ink print by the Baroque artist Okumura Masanobu. It dates from 1730 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Artist & collection
Artist
Okumura Masanobu lived in Edo (now Tokyo) when the city was a flashy, fast-growing hub of theater, gossip, and new ideas.
Kabuki Play Kusazuribiki from the Tales of Soga (Soga monogatari)
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『閨の雛形』 正月|Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month
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見立『平家物語』 紅葉焚図|Parody of Palace Servants Heating Sake over a Fire of Maple Leaves
浮絵 「紋尽名古屋曽我」|Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoya Sanza (Mon-zukushi Nagoya Soga)
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The Courtesan Takihime and Attendants (from the series New Patterns of Young Greens)
『雛形若菜初模様 四ツ目屋内 にしき木』|The Courtesan Nishikigi of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series “A Pattern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (“Hinagata wakana hatsu moyō”)
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「風俗東之錦」 姫君と侍女四人|High-Ranking Samurai Girl with Four Attendants, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fūzoku Azuma no nishiki)
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『雛形若菜の初模様 つるや内 すがたみ』|The Courtesan Sugatami of the Tsuruya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (“Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō”)