Giving an Old Person Cold Water (Toshiyori no hiyamizu)
Artist
Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
(Japanese, 1686–1764)
Dateabout 1718
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions26.6 x 35.5 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.2227
DescriptionHorizontal oban (oban yoko-e)Label TextSeated on the ground near a winding stream, an old man is eagerly drinking from a large bowl which he has raised to his mouth with both hands. A woman who stands before him beside a well, has dipped up water in a bucket and is pouring it into a tub, and a girl who stands near it with a dipper in her hand, turns her head to look at the man.
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Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
about 1710
Okumura Masanobu 奥村 政信
about 1710
