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Okumura Masanobu

174 works

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Line drawing of a Japanese street with porters, samurai with swords, townspeople, a water barrel and hanging fish.

A Number of People in the Street Going about Various Affairs

Ink print of a man lighting his pipe from a young woman's pipe, with a servant boy carrying a box at right.

A Man Lighting His Pipe from that of A Young Woman who Sits Beside Him

Black-and-white Japanese print of a samurai in a woven hat with swords, a woman in floral kimono, a child, and kneeling figur

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

Black-and-white woodblock print of a young attendant holding a letter before two seated women in patterned kimonos.

A Kamuro is Shown Bringing a Love Letter to Her Mistress

Black-and-white Japanese print of three courtesans and a young attendant in patterned kimono walking past a lattice railing.

Three Courtesans and a Kamuro Strolling in the Street

Woodblock print of an oiran playing shamisen while a young man kneels beside her, with a lacquer box and tray nearby.

An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention

Black and white print of figures in kimono walking past a fence, one servant carrying a patterned lantern.

A Man Attended by a Servant Carrying a Lantern

Ink line print of two courtesans in patterned kimono beside a railing, with an attendant and a monkey at right.

Two Courtesans

Black and white woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior, one applying treatment to another's bare back near a paint

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Back of Another Woman

Black and white woodblock print of two women seated indoors, one writing and one playing a shamisen, with a window view of sa

Two Women Seated in a Parlor

Black-and-white Japanese print of a woman fixing her hair beside a samurai in a straw hat with a barrel and buckets.

An Oiran Rearranging Her Hair in the Street while a Young Samurai Looks on

Black and white woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a broom, with calligraphy and seal at left.

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

Woodblock print of a pleasure boat on a river at night with figures, a willow tree, a full moon, and a seated group on the sh

Nachtelijk spelevaren

1705

Woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants gathered around a revolving shadow lantern with silhouetted figures.

A Courtesan and Her Attendants with a Revolving Shadow Lantern

ca. 1715-20

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink and yellow patterned kimono with a black obi, c. 1723.

Ogino Isaburo, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Kyoto, Center (Iroko sanpukutsui: Kyo, naka)"

c. 1723

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a black kimono with floral patterns and crests, c. 1723.

Sanjo Kantaro, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Edo, Right (Iroko sanpukutsui: Edo, migi)"

c. 1723

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a large umbrella and sword.

Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Sukeroku

c.1740

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with calligraphy and a red seal, 1727.

The Actor Kirinami Onoe as Osasa in the play "Hachijin Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth mon…

1727

Woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono in an interior, one in an orange hood looking down at two people studyin

The Daruma Overcoat (Haori Daruma), from "Three Pictures of Harmony (Waki sanpukutsui)"

c. 1725/30

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor playing flute while riding a black ox beside a fence and flowering branches.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Nanohana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater i…

1741

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with a shamisen riding a mythical beast above a boat, watched by a monk beside a blossoming tree.

A Floating World Version of Saigyo at the Village of Eguchi (Ukiyo Saigyo Eguchi no sato)

c. 1715

Ink line drawing of a kneeling woman in a kimono beside columns of Japanese calligraphy and a seal stamp.

Happy Ending

c. 1715

Hand-colored woodblock print of Shoki the demon queller in yellow robes sharpening a sword beside rocks and a winged creature

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

c. 1725

Black woodblock print of two robed figures in a boat under a crescent moon, with pine and willow trees on the riverbank.

Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana

c.1740

Black ink woodblock print of the fierce bearded figure Shoki standing in a flowing robe with a sword.

Shoki, the Demon Queller

c. 1745

Shoki the Demon Queller Marching to the Left

c. 1745

Woodblock print of a seated man with a parasol gazing at a rising sun over a misty mountain landscape with a pagoda.

Saigyo Hoshi

1730s

Woodblock print of a rider on a white horse crossing a wooden bridge through a snowy landscape with mountains and pines.

Crossing the River at Sano

18th century

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of two boys reading a scroll before a mountain landscape with pagodas.

Two Boys as the Eccentric Monks Kanzan (Chinese: Hanshan) and Jittoku (Chinese: Shide)

18th century

Black-ground woodblock print of Hotei and two children in a boat on night waters, with a bird flying overhead.

Hotei and Two Children on a Boat

18th century

Woodblock print of a woman smoking a pipe beside a reclining man, with a plum-patterned folding screen behind them.

Japanse man en vrouw, rokend voor een kamerscherm

1690

Black-ground Japanese woodblock print of two cranes flying before a full moon, with a stag, tortoise, and seated figure below

Jurojin with cranes, a stag, and a tortoise

18th century