At the Ekô-in Temple, the Birthday of the Buddha on the Eighth Day of the Fourth Month (Ekô-in no zu, shigatsu yôka shakamairi no tei), from an untitled series of Customs of the Twelve Months

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At the Ekô-in Temple, the Birthday of the Buddha on the Eighth Day of the Fourth Month (Ekô-in no zu, shigatsu yôka shakamairi no tei), from an untitled series of Customs of the Twelve Months

十二ヶ月　「ゑかういんノづ　四月八日しやかまいりのてい」

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Publisher: Sudô Gonbei (Yamaguchiya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1711–16 (Shôtoku era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27.2 x 37.7 cm (10 11/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.845.4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #N (only N-6 is illustrated)

DescriptionThe complete series of 12 prints, plus a handwritten colophon by former owner Ôta Nanpo (1749–1823), all mounted as a handscroll: 06.845.1 to 06.845.13.

Signed (Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu, on sheet 12 only)

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Ôta Nanpo (1749–1823). Purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Mr. Prang 1905. March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross.