Inaba of Hamaguri-ya in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Hamaguri-ya Inaba)
Artist/CultureAfter ??
Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
(Japanese, 1686–1764)
DateAbout 1712
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions28.9 x 39.4 cm (11 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.312
DescriptionHorizontal oban (oban yoko-e)Label TextA young samurai with his haori (short coat) thrown over his head and draped across his back, stands, looks at the vision of a courtesan emerging in the steam arising from a huge clam shell that has burst open. The courtesan is dressed in a cherry-blossom patterned outer kimono and a ripened rice-stalk pattern on the under kimono, who is shown
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Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
about 1710
