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Two Elegant Reed Leaves (Fûryû ashi no ha ni-chô)


「風流芦の葉二丁」
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1710s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 28.8 x 40.1 cm (11 5/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2922
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 62, fig. 36; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #59
DescriptionOne of six prints (53.2920-5) from an album (53.2919) formerly belonging to Ôta Nanpo (aka Shoku Sanjin, 1749-1823).
Signed Okumura Masanobu zu
ProvenanceÔta Nanpo (aka Shoku Sanjin, b. 1749 - d. 1823), Japan (dates of ownership not established). 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)