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Okumura Masanobu edehon


奥村政信絵手本
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
Late 1710s

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions Overall: 27.2 x 18.7 cm (10 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.); ohon
Other (page spread): 27.2 x 37.5 cm (10 11/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number2007.315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 64, fig. 38; Jenkins, Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings, the Primitive Period (Chicago, 1971), #155
Signed Tôbu Yamato gakô Okumura Masanobu zu
東武大和画工 奥村政信図
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2007)