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Okumura Masanobu

1686–1764 · Japanese

Born
1686 · Edo
Died
1764

106 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Okumura Masanobu was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter who also illustrated novelettes and wrote some early fiction. He was a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e, creating early works on actors and bijin-ga.

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Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women").

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Selected registered works by Okumura Masanobu

Selected from 106 works by Okumura Masanobu in the Collect24 Registry.

Okumura Masanobu, Three Courtesans with a Client

Okumura Masanobu

Three Courtesans with a Client

color woodblock print

26.5 × 37.7 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-539836

Okumura Masanobu, Parody of Murasaki Shikibu at Her Desk

Okumura Masanobu

Parody of Murasaki Shikibu at Her Desk, ca. 1710

Monochrome woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

26.4 × 35.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-359474

Okumura Masanobu, Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoya Sanza (Mon-zukushi Nagoya Soga)

Okumura Masanobu

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoya Sanza (Mon-zukushi Nagoya Soga), 1748 (Enkyō 5), first month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

30.5 × 17.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-319853

Okumura Masanobu, Mizuki Kikusaburo as a Woman Standing near a Small Stream and Looking at a Wandering Puppet-showman Impersonated by Ichimura Takenojo (Later Known as the 8th Ichimura Uzaemon)

Okumura Masanobu

Mizuki Kikusaburo as a Woman Standing near a Small Stream and Looking at a Wandering Puppet-showman Impersonated by Ichimura Takenojo (Later Known as the 8th Ichimura Uzaemon), probably 1709

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

26.4 × 37.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-270212

Okumura Masanobu, Woman with Toys for the Boys' Festival

Okumura Masanobu

Woman with Toys for the Boys' Festival, ca. 1730

Woodblock print (hand colored); ink and color on paper

32.4 × 15.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-256338

Okumura Masanobu, A Young Man Seated between Two Women

Okumura Masanobu

A Young Man Seated between Two Women, ca. 1749

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10.8 × 17.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-252966

Okumura Masanobu, Scene from a Drama

Okumura Masanobu

Scene from a Drama, 1710–13

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

26.4 × 35.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-264630

Okumura Masanobu, Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledore

Okumura Masanobu

Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledore, ca. 1748

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

70.2 × 25.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-249649

Okumura Masanobu, A Man Standing Outside the Gate of a Large House

Okumura Masanobu

A Man Standing Outside the Gate of a Large House, ca. 1738

Woodblock print; ink, color, and hand-coloring on paper

28.6 × 41.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-249652

Okumura Masanobu, A Geisha Seated upon a Shogi in Front of a Tea-house

Okumura Masanobu

A Geisha Seated upon a Shogi in Front of a Tea-house, ca. 1763

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

73 × 13.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263899

Okumura Masanobu, Scene from a Drama

Okumura Masanobu

Scene from a Drama, ca. 1744

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.8 × 14 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-244139

Okumura Masanobu, The First Nakamura Denkuro and the First Otani Hiroemon in a Scene from a Soga Play

Okumura Masanobu

The First Nakamura Denkuro and the First Otani Hiroemon in a Scene from a Soga Play, probably 1709

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

26.4 × 37.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263284

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