Two Courtesans Drinking Sake
Artist???
Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
(Japanese, 1686–1764)
DateEdo Period
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e; ishizuri-e ("stone print")
Dimensions34.6 x 26.3 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.2238
Label TextWhite outlines on a black field; engraved in imitation of a Chinese stone rubbing. Masanobu is believed to have produced ishizuri-e in the late 1730s-50s A Courtesan pours and hands a sake cup to her friend, another courtesan. The women are seated upon the floor beneath a misu (blind of fine bamboo slats) which hangs overhead.On View
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